“In September 1980, balloons were released from the proposed site for a nuclear reactor at Langton Herring in Dorset. The balloons were labeled: ‘I am a radioactive particle routinely emitted from the proposed nuclear power station on Chesil Beach in Dorset. Please return me if you find me (address given); we must all know how far I can reach.’ Balloons were returned from Belgium, Germany, and the Isle of Wight.”
-Hilary Bacon and John Valentine, activists
They didn’t add:
“Notice how little got to you, how weak it was when it did, the extremely low probability of encountering any of it, and how harmless it was.”
Filed under Anti-Nuclear Quote of the Day
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Stewart Peterson |
