People should be a bit more calm about radiation. It's OK to oppose nuclear power but there's the question of how you provide energy.
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Tokyo Gov Shintaro Ishihara, expressing reservations about calls by citizens’ groups for public plebiscites on the future of nuclear power in Tokyo and Osaka. (Japan Times)
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Johannes Weber
Oh please, tell that to the people and children in Fukushima. Or Chernobyl. Or Majak. Or near past nuclear test sites.
There are plenty of ways to create electrical energy. There is a lot of research done and the future will be different from the present and the past. Renewables will be a significant part of the future energy mix. Nuclear might well be part of it. Even though there is no real need.
Only truly ancient fossils close their eyes, put the head in the sand and focus on "a better past". There is no surprise that Ishihara opines like that.
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Serrano
Ishihara has a point, Japan is dependent on nuclear power generation for around 20% of its electric power needs.
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tmarie
I wish this man would disappear People are worried because the government has lied. TEPCO has lied. His snide comments are only salt on the wound.
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Blair Herron
TEPCO projects it will be able to supply electricity beyond this summer's maximum capacity next summer even if all 17 of its nuclear reactors go offline, company sources said early this month. TEPCO projects it can supply about 57 million kilowatts of power next summer through greater thermal and hydro power generation even if all of its nuclear reactors stop operations by summer. All six reactors at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant and all four units at the Fukushima Daini plant have stopped operations following the March 11. Only two reactors at the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture are currently operating but are scheduled to go offline in January and March, respectively, for regular checkups. TEPCO's maximum supply capacity this summer reached 55.70 million kw on Aug. 17, against the maximum demand of 49.22 million kw logged the following day.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111123p2g00m0dm008000c.html
Also Masao Takano (Nagoya University) and Koide Hiroaki (Kyoto University) say it will be able to supply electricity without nuke.
http://hiroakikoide.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/terumi-may26/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjsp9n_yyyyyy-yyyyyyyy-1-2_news
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gaijinTechie
@Johannes Weber, Fukushima was a failure of ethics of lesser men, it was not a technical problem. Regulations and standards of the industry were not upheld, hence the accident. Several, in fact. At the same time, there has been absolutely no problem whatsoever at the nuclear plant next to my home town for the same 40 year period. The tech is not to be blamed. Onagawa nuclear plant (not a Tepco plant) was hit by the very same tsunami. No damage to it proves my point.
Yes, there are many ways to make electricity. Nuclear is simply the cheapest. Money is all that matters to these people. Do you want to pay more? You can, by supporting alternatives and thus supporting their development and making them cheaper in the long run. But you'll have to pay more now.
Japan has a great support base to develop alternatives, I'd be more than happy to participate. But with current leadership, money is and will remain the most imprtant thing.
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nandakandamanda
Nuclear is not the cheapest. No way.
One of Kansai's Fukui reactors was suddenly shut off today 'for routine maintenance'... Why do they do this so suddenly and without any advance warning? 87% of this country's nuclear reactors are now off-line. All reactors will be switched off by next spring... huh? Just really bad scheduling??? http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
Why do I get the feeling that the nuclear power industry is deviously blackmailing the populace into realizing how much they actually do need their electricity? Will the people start shouting for their power to be switched back on again as next year's summer heats kicks in?
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