Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University: "No One Knows How Fukushima Could Be Wound Down"

[bananas]

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/05/hiroaki-koide-of-kyoto-university-no.html

Friday, May 20, 2011

Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University: "No One Knows How Fukushima Could Be Wound Down" As the Corium May Be Melting Through the Foundation

So says Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, in a telephone interview on May 19 with independent video-journalist Tetsuo Jinbo of Videonews.com (who did the video report of the 20-kilometer radius evacuation zone back in April, showing cows and dogs prowling the deserted towns).

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Following is my notes as I jotted down the salient points Koide made in the interview:
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For those of you who understand Japanese, here's the interview:
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If you are curious about this maverick nuclear researcher, here's a good interview of him done in 2007 (translated from original Japanese). Koide entered the field of nuclear science full of hope for the peaceful use of nuclear technology in 1968, only to see the reality two years later when he saw Onagawa Nuke Plant being forced upon the residents and understood why. Ever since, he has continued to research nuclear energy as an opponent of nuclear energy. http://genpatsu.org/hiroaki-koide-nuclear-japan/

[Demeter]

1. That much is obvious from the dawn of the nuclear era

and a damn good reason to abandon nuclear technology.

[kestrel91316]

2. I'm quite sure NNadir has a simple, cheap, easy solution to the problem.

Wonder where he is?