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Editorial: Return to nuclear dependency unacceptable (Japan)
Editorial: Return to nuclear dependency unacceptable
拡大写真
Is the Abe administration trying to pretend that the tragedy in Fukushima never happened?
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The safety myth of nuclear power has been destroyed. There are questions about the economic efficiency of nuclear energy. Furthermore, we have no clue how to deal with the issue of nuclear waste disposal. We must break away from our reliance on nuclear power. We cannot accept the government's switch in policy.
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The public will not grant its understanding for the promotion of nuclear reactor restarts if there is little to back up such a move. To solve the problem of final nuclear waste disposal as well, the government must present us with a detailed plan on how it will reduce nuclear reactors.
That the government is proposing the steady promotion of the nuclear fuel cycle in the same manner as pre-disaster times is also problematic. Japan owns 44 tons of reprocessed plutonium -- or the equivalent of 5,000 atomic bombs -- in both Japan and abroad. Continuing with a plutonium-producing nuclear fuel cycle with no way to use it could potentially raise international suspicions.
Considering the safety risks and the technological difficulties of the sodium-cooled fast-breeder reactor Monju, whose prospects for practical viability are unknown, and reprocessing plants, we should step away from the nuclear fuel cycle.
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拡大写真
Is the Abe administration trying to pretend that the tragedy in Fukushima never happened?
...
The safety myth of nuclear power has been destroyed. There are questions about the economic efficiency of nuclear energy. Furthermore, we have no clue how to deal with the issue of nuclear waste disposal. We must break away from our reliance on nuclear power. We cannot accept the government's switch in policy.
<snip>
The public will not grant its understanding for the promotion of nuclear reactor restarts if there is little to back up such a move. To solve the problem of final nuclear waste disposal as well, the government must present us with a detailed plan on how it will reduce nuclear reactors.
That the government is proposing the steady promotion of the nuclear fuel cycle in the same manner as pre-disaster times is also problematic. Japan owns 44 tons of reprocessed plutonium -- or the equivalent of 5,000 atomic bombs -- in both Japan and abroad. Continuing with a plutonium-producing nuclear fuel cycle with no way to use it could potentially raise international suspicions.
Considering the safety risks and the technological difficulties of the sodium-cooled fast-breeder reactor Monju, whose prospects for practical viability are unknown, and reprocessing plants, we should step away from the nuclear fuel cycle.
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http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20131210p2a00m0na020000c.html
This editorial is enhanced by the additional, detailed information on Japan's newest PM offered in today's issue of the Guardian.
Shinzo Abe: is Japan's PM a dangerous militarist or modernising reformer?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/shinzo-abe-japan-pm
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