Capitalist nature of nuclear corporations completely ignore negative impacts

(Chris Williams, author of Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis, reports on an independent investigation into Japan’s nuclear nightmare, July 28, 2012, “NUCLEAR ENERGY: Capitalism’s Disastrous Priority,” http://www.dianuke.org/nuclear-energy-capitalisms-disastrous-priority/)

Put another way, the decisions taken were dictated by the prime directive of capitalism: make profits at all costs, grow by any means necessary. Cut whatever corners you need to, bribe and cajole whoever is necessary, denigrate and belittle those who oppose you–there is no higher power to which you will answer other than the God of Profit. This is the iron law of capital accumulation.

The consequences of those decisions, taken in the faraway, plush boardrooms of the nuclear corporations, and the lack of credible government information since the disaster, have now created , the disbanding of families, and the destruction of their livelihoods in Fukushima prefecture. As the report lays out: They continue to face grave concerns, including the health effects of radiation exposure, displacement, the dissolution of families, disruption of their lives and lifestyles and the contamination of vast areas of the environment. There is no foreseeable end to the decontamination and restoration activities that are essential for rebuilding communities. What an utterly appalling way to make electricity. No foreseeable end to decontamination and restoration activities. Even without considering the issue of nuclear waste, the staggering cost of building and operating nuclear plants, or the umbilical cord that indelibly connects the nuclear power industry to the nuclear weapons and defense industry, can anyone honestly say that as a highly technological society, we have no better alternatives to generating electricity than operating nuclear power stations?