Isabelle Boemeke

And for the first 15 years after the discovery of nuclear fission, only governments could build nuclear reactors.

So only governments could build reactors for research, for submarines, for making weapons.

So, you know, it was a technology that was extremely tied up with government as well.

So why does that matter?

People are already super scared.

It's very tied with government.

And then you have the movements of the 1960s and 70s.

which were in large part also inspired by this anti-government, anti-establishment feelings.

And so nuclear, which was already, you know, scary, was very tied with government, became the boogeyman.

And I think people don't understand also how powerful and huge the anti-nuclear movement was.

So then, you know, you have scary bombs, government.

And so what happens when there is the first accident, which is through my island, which you brought up?

That was a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

And in 1979, it had a partial meltdown.

It was an accident.

There was a release of some radioactive gases into the atmosphere.

But several studies have been done since then, and they confirmed that there was no impact on people's health.

It was just not enough radiation to cause any diseases.

Certainly nobody died, that's for sure.

I think the bigger question back then was, would people have cancers down the line?