The nuclear industry has a lot to answer for. Mad Science: the nuclear power experiment details the dark, entitled and entrenched world of the nuclear industry. Mangano has detailed a history of nuclear explosions, missteps and accidents during our ill-fated tango with the atom beginning with the connection between the atomic bomb program and atoms for “peace”.
Mangano walks through nuclear power’s start as a government favorite and Eisenhower’s recommendation to create the IAEA. Popular culture, through Walt Disney and with the help of an ex-Nazi, spread the pro-atom message through the film “Our Friend the Atom”. The “too cheap to meter” myth was born.
He recounts purposeful and accidental releases, attempts to cover up radioactive contamination by rigging samples, and expresses just how privileged, self-important and arrogant this industry has always been. Mad Science is a solid, informative book that delineates why we should rid ourselves of the nuclear scourge once and for all. The book will be released in October, 2012 in the U.S.