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Nuclear Propaganda


Example of the toys the nuclear industry wanted under the Christmas Tree back in the 1950's. 

We as Americans like to believe our government has our best interests at heart.  Sadly, that is not always true, with the Nuclear Industry the best example of National and Corporate interests taking center stage, with public safety and truth being pushed to the side as a few power hungry men went on their quest of World Nuclear Superiority.

This page is dedicated to sharing examples of a propaganda campaign employed by our government and the nuclear industry to sell us on the Friendly Atom, that now being repeated to sell us the Nuclear Renaissance.  Now as then, our children are the targets, the furtile soil that NEI and the nuclear industry have chosen to plant their seeds of deceit.

  • Uranium Toys In Our Homes


     

    This specimen of a toy from 1951 was found doing a Google search for Atomic Energy Lab...the description that goes wtih the picture is very disturbing.  The description in part reads:

    1951 Complete A.C. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (Complete)

    A.C. Gilbert was a man of true inspiration, often compared to Walt Disney for his creative genius. Gilbert had high expectations of America's youngsters, and with such he tried to help the future engineers, doctors and leaders by providing toys worthy of their imaginations. As the inventor of the Erector Set, and seeing its commercial appeal, the he and his company set a higher goal. They became the leading manufacturer of scientific toys (chemistry sets) and construction sets (Erector), all of which gained wide acclaim at the retail level.

    Interested in the joy of science more than remuneration, however, Gilbert created the Atomic Energy Lab U-238 -- with the help of MIT's able faculty. The toy was made to de-mystify the perils of nuclear energy and to encourage the understanding of chemistry, physics and nuclear science -- ultimately helping kids (and adults) become more open to the possibilities these disciplines offer.

    This educational composite, which was marketed during 1950-51, sold for $49.50 -- a very high price for a toy set, even by today's standard. One such, Gilbert's "Atomic Energy Lab," is here available and it includes all the original componentry which detail:

    1. U-239 Geiger radiation counter.
    2. Electroscope to measure radioactivity of different substances.
    3. Spinthariscope to watch "live" radioactive disintegration.
    4. Wilson Cloud Chamber to see paths of electrons & alpha particles at 10k mps
    5. Three very low-level radioactive sources (Alpha, Beta, Gamma).
    6. Four samples of Uranium-bearing ores
    7. Nuclear Spheres (used to visual build models of molecules)
    8. The book "Prospecting for Uranium"
    9. The "Gilbert Atomic Energy Manual"
    10. The comic book "Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom"
    11. Three "Winchester" Batteries (size "C")

  • The False Promise Never Fulfilled

    Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, recently said:

    "It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter; will know of great periodic regional famines in the world only as matters of history; will travel effortlessly over the seas and under them and through the air with a minimum of danger and at great speeds, and will experience a lifespan far longer than ours, as disease yields and man comes to understand what causes him to age. This is the forecast of an age of peace."

      [New York Times, August 7, 1955]

  •  Looking Good in the Atomic Age

    Advertising was designed to sell the population on the Atomic Age and its glory.

    Today, our young people are being sold the lie that Nuclear is the Safe, Vital, Green Energy that will save them from Global Warming.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  • Entergy-Modern Day Propaganda

    Monday, November 12, 2007

    Entergy Propaganda-How Low Can They Go?

     

    I was reading a letter put up on the IPSEC list by Marilyn Elie addressed to Mayor Bloomberg wherein she sings the GREEN PRAISES of the mayor, and then encourages him to speak up against the License Renewal of Entergy's failing Indian Point. So, I decided to so a GOOGLE search on Mr. Bloomberg's green record, and got waylay ed along the way when I stumbled across a devious Propaganda Trick being played on the general public by Entergy on the radio station WVOX.

    For those who fall into the camp of innocent and naive who are wanting to live a greener, friendlier life, who are searching for enlightenment, there are wolves dressed in sheep's clothing looking to prey upon their innocence, lead them astray into the dark abyss. It's called GREEN WASHING, and many companies including Entergy are stooping to ever lower lows in spreading their propaganda out to the masses under the guise of educating the public. One of these sinister Propaganda machines is a wonderfully innocent sounding show on WVOX called, " Green On Energy" hosted by a supposed wonderfully GREEN HOST in one Mr. Lawrence Gottlieb who is described as an energy industry expert. This show, it is stated will be hosted on Westchester radio station WVOX, 1460 A.M., at 12 noon the first Wednesday of every month you can also listen to it live on wvox.com at that time.

    Trying to give this show the benefit of the doubt, I at first IGNORED the fact that it is funded by Entergy, owner of the failing Indian Point reactors which are leaking tritium and strontium 90 into the Hudson River, killing men, women and children with cancer causing radiological contaminants spewed into the environment.
    Then, I began looking at the list of GUESTS on the show, and became very suspicious.

    First up was Ashok Gupta the air and energy program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). He is better known among many in the anti nuclear movement as someone who has been sucking up to the nuclear industry. This is disturbing, and puts a damper on Marilyn Elie's hopes of Mayor Bloomberg speaking out against Indian Point, seeing as Mr. Gupta is on the Mayor's Energy Task Force.

    Third Way, another quest is very PRO NUCLEAR as has been reported in a previous article on GNB.

    Of course, also on the show was the man that we in the anti-nuclear camp love to hate, one Patrick Moore, who was also mentioned in Marilyn Elie's letter to the Mayor.

    "Green On Energy" was suddenly having a very Pro Nuclear STENCH attached to it as I read on further, and found yet another super Pro Nuclear guest in one Paul Genoa, and the show touted him as, "Paul Genoa is director of policy development for the Nuclear Energy Institute. N.E.I. is a Washington-based think tank and central repository for the latest information and research on nuclear energy — which is a technology being hailed by countries like India and China as their answer to the challenge of generating a lot of electricity without a lot of pollution."

    Let's be clear...NEI is the Satan of the Nuclear Industry, a monolithic lobbying group under the guise of a think tank.

    Shocked and dismayed, realizing I'd stumbled upon yet another example of how Entergy misleads and fools the public, I decided to check up on the host of the show, our dear Mr. Lawrence Gottlieb! Better known in some circles as Larry Gottlieb, the same Larry Gottlieb who has a LONG TRACK RECORD as Entergy's Communications Director!

    So, under the quise of a Green Energy show, Entergy has been trotting out our dear Mr. Larry Gottlieb to spew forth Entergy and the nuclear industry's pro nuclear message to the masses! Shame on WVOX for playing along with this tasteless sham.
  • NEI Wants Your Children At All Costs

     

    Nuclear energy is produced within a nuclear reactor.This is a generator that has the amazing capacity to start, control and maintain a fission chain reaction. Want to know more?

  

GE Comics used to steal the minds and hearts of young children.

 



 

Dagwood of "Dagwood and Blondie" got in on the act, the book being a part of the Atomic Energy Lab.

 

Leave no doubt that our children were, and are the target.

They Are Targeting Our Children.

Our government, and the nuclear industry are using carefully planned and very targeted propaganda to win over the minds of your children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As example, here are some of the definitions given to our kids on a very high end, Pro-Nuclear Kids web site. Read them carefully, and you can see the subtle twisting of reality.
Carbon Dioxide:
A non-poisonous gas made up of one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen. Scientists believe that carbon dioxide's tendency to absorb infra-red (terrestrial) radiation can contribute to global warming and other climatic irregularities. CO2 is a direct product of fossil-fuel combustion.

Element:
A chemical substance that cannot be divided into simple substances by chemical means.

Generator:
Turns to produce electricity with the help of the turbine.
Greenhouse Gases:
Gases in the earth's atmosphere that absorb long-wave heat radiation from the earth's surface and re-radiate it, thereby warming the earth.
Natural Radiation:
The naturally-occurring nuclear radiation coming from outer space as cosmic radiation, or from naturally occurring radioactive elements such as uranium and radium in the materials of the earth.
Notice in the above definition of Natural Radiation they insert the word NUCLEAR.

Nuclear Reactor:
A device in which a fission chain reaction can be initiated, maintained, and controlled. Its essential components are fissionable fuel, moderator, shielding, control rods, and coolant.

Radiation:
Energy produced by unstable atoms, in a moving or changing state, in an effort to become stable again. Can be produced naturally (cosmic rays) or in controlled human environments (X-rays).

Radioactivity:
The spontaneous emission of radioactive energy from the nucleus of an unstable atom.

Uranium:
The heaviest element on Earth, and is naturally radioactive.

Used Nuclear Fuel:
Fuel assemblies taken out of a nuclear reactor after a period of useful energy production.

 

Again, we draw your attention to the definition of Used Nuclear Fuel. Notice the carefully chosen word useful, and the lack of the word WASTE in the definition.

 

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