There is an old proverb that, “A lie will go round the world while the truth is pulling its boots on.”  In the case of the Japanese nuclear accident, the mainstream press has done very little to stem the flow of lies and misinformation and great harm has been done to the cause of nuclear energy.  However, instead of killing the nascent nuclear renaissance before it has even started, we would be well advised to learn from this incident to better secure America’s energy independence and reduce carbon emissions.

Even though power has been restored to the cooling systems for all six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, panic and irrationality are spreading to every corner of the globe.  Instead of an irrational fear, we should have admiration for the engineers who have so far prevented a far more serious nuclear disaster on top of the already staggering loss of life from the earthquake and tsunami.