No nukes.

• Author: Bahlke, Joe
• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

Postwar Germany provides an example of what a multiparty system can accomplish ("Atomkraft? Nein Danke!" by Paul Hockenos, August issue). It's a perfect example of a functioning democracy in action, far removed from the hate-filled, bipolar political system in the United States.

Joe Bahlke

Red Bluff, California

On March 1, 1986, I was the startup physicist for the Muelheim-Kaerlich nuclear power reactor in Germany and guided them to a smooth initial criticality. The design and construction was a triumph of technology, and it was one of the safest installations in the world. Even then, the thoughtless opposition was working to stop operation, and in a few years succeeded in...