the swedish government announced high radiation fields going over their nuclear power plants. then we found out it was coming from a reactor accident 1500 miles away. you know, the situation is that information is really the first casualty with this particular technology. thanks for joining us tonight, paul. thank you, lawrence. can california s nuclear power plants really withstand a massive earthquake? and china is telling its citizens to leave japan. should the u.s. do the same? former energy secretary bill richardson joins me next. later, the house passed another resolution to prevent the government shut down, but so many republicans turned against their leader that democrats had to save the republican bill. it brings your best minds and their brightest ideas
really should be a women and children first kind of situation here to get this evacuation zone wider, you know, particularly get the high priority populations out of there. paul, has any government in the history of nuclear disasters like this, has any government overreacted? isn t the pattern to underreact and understate because they fear creating any sense of panic out there with the population? you know, lawrence, it appears as history will demonstrate that this particular technology loses control, the reactors, the first thing they try to do is control the information. you recall that after the three mile island accident in 1979, it was three days before governor thornburg advised women and children to leave harrisburg, and it was three days after the chernobyl accident in 1986 when
get the high priority populations out of there. paul, has any government in the history of nuclear disasters like this, has any government overreacted? isn t the pattern to underreact and understate because they fear creating any sense of panic out there with the population? you know, lawrence, it appears as history will demonstrate that this particular technology loses control, the reactors, the first thing they try to do is control the information. you recall that after the three mile island accident in 1979, it was three days before governor thornburg advised women and children to leave harrisburg, and it was three days after the chernobyl accident in 1986 when the swedish government announced high radiation fields going over their nuclear power plants.
going on. and the question arises, if something happens and if there is another escalation in this, will it come too quickly to allow people to take appropriate action, and that s why there definitely is controversy about how far that zone should be in terms of whether people need to be evacuated and whether they need to stay in their homes. it is tough to say, you probably know in the asian culture if not feeling well, a lot of people wear masks. there are tremendous numbers of people we see in masks. it is difficult to tell if that s in any way related to nuclear concerns here, lawrence. chris jansing, host of jansing and company, thanks for joining us tonight, chris. sure. for more on how to control this disaster, we turn to paul gunther. paul, what do you read the
then we found out it was coming from a reactor accident 1500 miles away. you know, the situation is that information is really the first casualty with this particular technology. thanks for joining us tonight, paul. thank you, lawrence. can california s nuclear power plants really withstand a massive earthquake? and china is telling its citizens to leave japan. should the u.s. do the same? former energy secretary bill richardson joins me next. later, the house passed another resolution to prevent the government shut down, but so many republicans turned against their leader that democrats had to save the republican bill. . but sometimes i wonder. what s left behind?