from NEI Nuclear Notes by Eric McErlain
Last week, I hinted that
Dr. Helen Caldicott had gotten more than she had bargained for when she visited the University of South Carolina recently. Unfortunately, I failed to follow up and link to the
following post at the
Nuclear Literacy Project.
The author is Kallie Metzger, a graduate fellow studying nuclear
engineering at the University of South Carolina, and she deserves some
applause for the way she conducted herself:
Ultimately, I
hoped this presentation would provide a platform for discussion —And it
did, but not nearly as peaceably as I envisioned. I imagined proponents
of nuclear refuting the speaker’s false statements and exaggerations
(respectfully, of course), the speaker conceding to our reasoning, and
the whole night ending in a campfire kumbaya session between the
opposing groups. Instead, Dr. Caldicott refused questions, became
increasingly hostile and arrogant, and created a strained environment
for everyone.
I could quote more, but that would be unfair to the team at Nuclear Literacy. Click
here to read the rest right now.
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