When a fire broke out at the Windscale Nuclear plant
It was the first such disaster, worst until 3 Mile Island
Hundreds died from cancer from the radiation's cost
Even if no one died at the plant, many lives were lost
We have lingered on the edge of disaster, by the hour
Society needs its energy, the military needs its power
We must then ask if we have opened Pandora's box
And why did we do so, and then choose so poorly
Have we entered the inferno, one of nuclear energy?
Feeding our needs with energy waking and sleep
Even if we bring our death and do so prematurely?
SOURCE
It was the first such disaster, worst until 3 Mile Island
Hundreds died from cancer from the radiation's cost
Even if no one died at the plant, many lives were lost
We have lingered on the edge of disaster, by the hour
Society needs its energy, the military needs its power
We must then ask if we have opened Pandora's box
And why did we do so, and then choose so poorly
Have we entered the inferno, one of nuclear energy?
Feeding our needs with energy waking and sleep
Even if we bring our death and do so prematurely?
SOURCE
