Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Public Hearing in Oak Brook Illinois, November 12, 2013
Channel: CIMC
Date: 15/11/2013

Chicago Independent Media was the only news organization on scene covering this critical public hearing by the NRC which is looking at Illinois as the nation's "temporary" nuclear dump site. You would think a story as important as bringing nuclear waste from around the country into your backyard would be the headline of every local paper, and the leading story on every TV and radio news broadcast. Yet not one mainstream media outlet gave any public notice, not one mainstream media outlet covered the hearing, NOT ONE. There is a complete media blackout on this story, it isn't getting any coverage. 

Furthermore, this highlights another issue of transparency with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who has obfuscated the reality of stockpiling nuclear waste by giving it the Orwellian term "waste confidence". The official name of the hearing is "Waste Confidence: Proposed Rule and Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement". This misleading title can only be used for the purpose of keeping the proceedings hidden from the public.

Even though there was absolutely no mention of the public hearing announced on the mainstream media, still an overwhelming majority of people from the public spoke out against the nuclear industry and had a message of "no confidence" for the NRC. Watch and see for yourself, the only proponents of nuclear energy are people who are paid by the industry. And %100 of people who were not being paid, were unanimously opposed. The people have spoken, now we will see if the NRC will listen.