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An aeroplane without a runway

German sociologist Ulrich Beck comments in El País on the debate over re-introducing nuclear energy: "We are seeing the start of a real-life satire that is both comical and frightful, motivated by the idea that the environmental catastrophe and the oil crisis have disposed of the dangers of atomic energy. ... Those people who must guarantee security and rationality (the state, science and industry) are now in an ambivalent position. They are no longer supervisors, but suspects; no longer the administrators of risk, but responsible for its consequences. They are inviting the population to get into an aeroplane for which there is still no runway. ... What would happen if radioactivity caused itching? ... Explanations would quickly appear for how the itching ... is associated with other phenomena rather than radioactivity, and is not harmful anyway. It can be assumed that such explanations would not last long if people ... constantly had to scratch their irritated skin. In this way politics and society would have a wholly new relation to the major risks of the day. The subject of our disputes and negotiations would be culturally verifiable."

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