The Vatican has come out in favor of the development of nuclear energy. The most interesting part of the story is the role played by the disaster at Chernobyl.
At the opening, the president of the Vatican dicastery recalled that the Chernobyl accident "alerted the world about the need to study the suitability and morality of the use of atomic energy for civil ends."
At the same time, the accident made "innumerable initiatives of solidarity flourish, directed in a special way to children" and "made possible a profound debate on the use of civil nuclear energy and the conditions of safety of its use," the [Renato Cardinal Martino] said.
While the actual causes and full effects of Chernobyl remain shrouded in mystery, the above statement indicates that some good has resulted from it. If the disaster at Chernobyl leads to a more widespread and intelligent development of nuclear power, a relavtively cheap and very clean form of energy, the good that can be said to have resulted from Chernobyl will be great indeed.
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