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My Humboldt Diary: A True Story of Betrayal of the Public Trust

My Humboldt Diary: A True Story of Betrayal of the Public Trust

          
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My Humboldt Diary: A True Story of Betrayal of the Public Trust exposes the web of government and corporate corruption that occurred at the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant, the blatant disregard for employee and public safety, the cover-ups of numerous violations of radiation safety control standards and procedures, and the ruthless means used by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for dealing with those who refused to go along in order to get along in the nuclear workplace. My Humboldt Diary provides much more than just a peek into the inner workings of America's nuclear juggernaut; it provides a rare inside view of the imprudent commitment by corporate America and government to promote and protect a failed and dangerous technology. What happened in the sixties and early seventies at PG&E's Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant still plagues America today. A PG&E public relations specialist referred to it all as "Happening back in the Stone Age" and therefore, "not worth talking about any more." Bob Rowen's Humboldt Diary explains why nothing could be further from the truth! Notwithstanding the swapping of the AEC for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), My Humboldt Diary reveals the need for much stricter regulation and oversight of the nuclear industry and argues this is not actually possible in America's free enterprise, democratic society that has the "best government" corporate money can buy. My Humboldt Diary reveals the cozy relationship that exists between government and private enterprise, between the regulators and the regulated; and between PG&E, whose primary motivation was based on the bottom-line, corporate greed principle and Local Union 1245 of the IBEW, whose primary motivation was not to protect the atomic workers but rather was based on the greater-good-membership principle -- Rowen's Diary explains why. Through the use of a multitude of real life and thoroughly documented examples, My Humboldt Diary provides a detailed accounting of the corruption in the nuclear community, which is not unlike America's financial communities of Wall Street, the oil industry in the Gulf, and America's pharmaceutical industry, to name a few; all of which reflect the many abuses that have occurred throughout the history of corporate America. My Humboldt Diary reveals the dynamics of "corporate workplace emulation" that underlies and makes possible the perpetual nature of America's corporate culture. In Mr. Rowen's own words: "When I hear people in Washington talking about nuclear energy as a viable source of energy to deal with our ever-increasing energy needs, it runs chills up and down my spine." The reading of Rowen's Humboldt Diary explains why! Chapter titles include: The First Nuclear Flagship, Reactor Water & Radiation Sponges, Off-gas Samples and Management Prerogatives, A Myriad of Betrayals, Police Brutality, Spent Fuel Shipping Cask, G&R Metals, "Chinese Fallout," Air Sample Monitor at the School, The Infamous PG&E Safety Meeting, PG&E's Conspiracy, The Police Report, The Incredible AEC Whitewash, Convoluted Litigation, Nuclear Censorship & The Don Widener Story, Silencing the Critics of Nuclear Power, Humboldt Hill: An Untold Story, and a heartfelt Epilogue.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781530110148
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 492
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A True Story of Betrayal of the Public Trust
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1530110149
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 716 gr


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