This afternoon my friend Anna posted a link on facebook to Magnum photographer Paul Fusco's powerful series on Chernobyl's horrifying legacy. Anna simply wrote that she felt "compelled to repost this link — my all time favorite photo essay. difficult to watch, but so so important."
It is indeed very tough to watch. But in light of what's possibly going on with the nuclear plants in Japan, we may have to consider the reality of this frightening issue all over again.
You can watch the narrated slide show
here. Do keep in mind the images are graphic.
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Chernobyl, now the nuclear power plant disasters in Japan. Will it take an "accident" of such magnitude to wake Americans to the fact that nuclear power is not safe. I am ashamed that we have a plant in KC producing the parts for nuclear weapons. Perhaps our city council and city leaders should have looked at these powerful images before their votes for a new plant in south KC.
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