It’s probably a good thing that his post and the replies to them were taken down, because nuclear watchdogs that followed that discussion could use the post of the nuclear lapdogs who replied to it, to bolster the idea that the nuclear industry is not concerned with safety and threats to those who are concerned with nuclear safety.
Maybe his post were removed because a nuclear team leader decided that the nuclear cheerleaders who were critical of duckandcover and his concerns needed to be protected from themselves. That is, the post may have been removed to protect the industry and certain SRO’s from the potential negative ramifications of their own comments.
Perhaps he is no longer with us because he was ethically cleansed.
“Ethic Cleansing
WHISTLEBLOWER ISSUES IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRYCONGRESSIONAL HRG.
103-521 “The industry systematically eliminates its critics in a methodology not
Unlike ethnic cleansing —or a more apt description in this situation, "ethic"
cleansing. The industry's ethic cleansing seeks to silence the voices of those
whose only concern is nuclear safety and ethics. An individual who questions
either the inaction of the NRC or the licensee is conveniently and viciously
discredited, demeaned, subject to psychiatric examinations, portrayed as a radical
or a disgruntled employee, and eventually is cleansed by termination or buy-out.“”
INPO NRC GAO HRO Safety Culture Definition An Integrated Approach Jan 2010
