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Japan Times: “Irreparable damage” from Fukushima — Plant’s boss admits water problems 'out of control' — Catastrophe 'remains ongoing… shows no signs of resolution'
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Japan Times, Apr 20, 2014: [...] The big question, though, is why a country that suffered a disaster at a nuclear power plant (which remains ongoing) three years ago would choose to push the export of nuclear power plants [...] It is deplorable from moral and other viewpoints that the Abe administration treats the export of nuclear power equipment and technology as a pillar in its economic growth strategy. [...] the triple meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, shows no signs of resolution [...] As demonstrated in the Fukushima catastrophe, a large-scale accident at a nuclear power plant causes irreparable damage to people’s lives and the environment. [...] high-level waste from nuclear power plants must be stored underground for more than 100,000 years before its radioactivity declines to safe levels. The safe storage of such waste for such a long period presents extremely difficult technological problems to which solutions have yet to be established. So this toxic burden would pass on to future generations.
Japan Times, Apr 20, 2014: Fukushima No. 1 boss admits water woes out of control — Abe told an Olympic Committee meet situation was under control [...] “It’s embarrassing to admit, but there are certain parts of the site where we don’t have full control,” Akira Ono told reporters touring the plant last week.
Published: April 20th, 2014 at 10:46 pm ET
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