Michael Weiss Epilogue

   
 "Many inescapable decisions have been forced upon us--decisions about nuclear weapons and nuclear energy that will have far-reaching consequences with sometimes dangerous and unintended results." -Kristen Iverson

        The epilogue of the book gave more examples of the dangers of nuclear power plants. The entire book was a cautionary tale, but seeing her talk about the Fukushima disaster made this more real to me. The tsunami that hit Japan wasn't that long ago and it will be something that I will remember because I was alive when it happened. Everything else in this book I was not alive for so it had less of an effect on me than something I know of would have. I know that the point of this book was to make me aware that these dangers still exist, but now that Fukushima is mentioned I really feel like everything is real. The fact that Fukushima is worse than Rocky Flats makes me think more negatively about nuclear power plants. I am sure by this period of time the human race can move forward in phasing out power plants and creating alternative energy. This alternative energy is very necessary, for radiation is literally destroying the planet. In the case of a nuclear war, we could very well find the entire world a radiated mess. Before either a war or a power plant failure occurs again the world should work to make nuclear energy safer.