Japan has raised the rating of the nuclear power plant accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami a month ago to 7, the highest rating on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s scale. The rating implies major radioactive contamination and places the incident on the same level as the Chernobyl incident.
Obviously this is not good news although a number of experts say the new rating is something of an exaggeration and the problem in Japan is nowhere near the seriousness of Chernobyl. Still, this is another example, along with the BP oil leak, that demonstrates what can happen when technology gets out of control.
I’m not proposing we limit technology by any means, I’m just thinking that we might want to step up the precautions a bit. Even a nuclear incident is a relatively local disaster but imagine what could happen if a genetic experiment got out of control.
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