New subsidies planned for reducing safety checks of nuclear plants

Sunday 07th September, 06:44 AM JST

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LIBERTAS at 08:27 AM JST - 7th September

Japan needs MORE supervision and checks on its nuclear plants, not less. With incompetence like Genden's, who needs terrorists?
borscht at 10:24 AM JST - 7th September

This isn't about safety, it's about METI doling out money to their friends just before some bigwigs retire to cushy jobs with power companies.
buggerlugs at 11:23 AM JST - 7th September

glad I don't live near one of those plants:)
okapake at 01:07 PM JST - 7th September

Giving subsidies to reduce safety checks? Don't understand that! Give money to be less watchful and safe? What is with the GoJ?
MrMukatsuku at 04:57 PM JST - 7th September

checks will be extended to a maximum 24 months from the current 13 months, allowing electric power firms to run their unsafe nuclear power plants continuously for a longer duration of time

More time for contaminents leak into the environment, and its a longer time before they are discovered having an effect on the local population... Oh goody, this means that payments in lieu of personal damages will be astronomical.

I know Japanese ignore problems in the hope they'll go away, but uranium takes a hell-of-a-long time to go away!
Betting at 08:26 PM JST - 7th September

With problems like this become more and more common in Japan, it's a wonder that people stay.
USNinJapan2 at 11:37 PM JST - 7th September

You have GOT to be kidding.
bushlover at 03:58 AM JST - 8th September

Well isn't this the ultimate for the culture of cutting corners? This is potential for a disaster... Man sometimes I think if America didn't do it they would have done it themselves with that uranium they were going to get from Hitler.
Nessie at 10:23 AM JST - 8th September

Excellent. Because it's not like there've been any safety problems at j-nuke plants.