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10.
On e source
suggested
to me that at present over 70%
of the people in the U.S.A. are against nuclear
Mr. T.K. Lau denied that it is as
energy. Although
high as 70%, he acknowledged that certainly the
majority of the U.S. citizens is opposed to the use
He attributed the reason to
of nuclear energy.
ignorance on the part of the citizens.
N B:
This is surprising because there has been wide.
and extensive publicity campaign to promote nuclear
energy in the U.S.A. for a very long time. It
certainly appears that Hong Kong people are no worse
alarmists than their U.S. counterparts.
wonders whether the present strong
And one
anti-nuclear
feeling in Hong Kong will really change when the
--
whole truth about nuclear energy is made known to
the public that is, when all the pros and cons
are given instead of a very one-sided version.
11.
As
Assessment of Risk
for assessment
organizations invariably use the probabilistic risk
assessment (PRA) which currently sets the risk of
any major nuclear mishap as 1 in 20,000 nuclear
of risk, the pro-nuclear
reactor years (per Harwell).
But
this really means
anything between 1 in 200 or 1 in 2,000,000, for the
figure is just a mean.
numerous
assumptions,
This approach depends on
each
of which is difficult to