This is a classic article from Â鶹´«Ã½’s archive, republished as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations
IT WAS truly a case of life imitating art. Last month, amid a burst of publicity, Columbia Pictures released in the United States its film The China Syndrome. The fictional tale deals with the near melt-down of a nuclear reactor. Nobody actually died in the film, but the script was scary enough for utilities and nuclear industry interests around the US to mount hefty protests against the film.
Then last week it almost happened in real life. A nuclear accident at the…
