Earthquakes and Nuclear Accidents - "There Is No Cause for Alarm"

I have just spent the morning od-ing on MSNBC reports and analysis of the 9.0 Japan earthquake and resultant tsunami. As wrenching as are the videos of the tsunami and as alarming as are the videos of the Tokyo buildings swaying, the most frightening thing about the entire event is the possibility of nuclear power plant melt down.

In the sixties and seventies, there was a robust anti-nuclear movement in this country that did not succeed in preventing the building of numerous nuclear power plants. At the most, the movement's efforts resulted in somewhat increased safety measures.  The near-disaster at Three Mile Island brought renewed concern but no decomissioning or even prohibition of further plants. Even Chernobyl did not stop the building of nuclear power plants.

Now comes the Japan earthquake and tsunami and again the possibility of nuclear disaster.  I feel compelled to quote at some length the Leon Rosselson song (written in the sixties or seventies) which parodied the apologists for nuclear power:

"There's no cause for alarm, there's really no cause for alarm.
It's clearly safe, clean and cheap. All sensible people know it can't do any harm.
For the facts have been collated and the figures calculated,
And the risks evaluated and the findings validated,
And our experts vindicated for they've clearly demonstrated
That the dangers to the public have been much exaggerated.
So stay cool and stay calm, for there is no cause for alarm!"

It's a long song (Rosselson has never been noted for restraint!) and it's hard to find.  It's not on YouTube, but I did find one site that allowed me to play it free:  www.myspace.com/leonrosselson
After scrolling WAY down, you can find the song on the album Perspectives. I think the current situation justifies the trouble it takes to listen to this Cassandra-esque song in its entirety.