Rick Kisa's past comments

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  Rick KisaMay. 16, 2013 - 07:04AM JST

  The best way to cut further losses and save tax-payers hard-earned money is to stop build or restart of any nuke reactors.....

  Posted in: Nuclear regulator to bar restart of Monju reactor due to safety concerns

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  Rick KisaMay. 15, 2013 - 06:41AM JST

  Don't lie, sorry thats not the drill for terrorist attacks. The assumption should be that a terrorist plane or planes come (s) full of fuel and hits a nuclear or several nuclear plants in a very short span of time. Can the nuclear plant withstand that; and are the workers and Japanese population in general ready for such multiple massive leaks of dangerous radiation into the atmosphere and ecosystem? Preparations for such scenario is different from the smoke-screen stuff being done to hoodwink people that nuke plants are ready for any eventuality.....

  Posted in: No matter what, we'll never allow terrorists to break into the plant.

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  Rick KisaMay. 15, 2013 - 06:29AM JST

  Oceans are global goods. Therefore permission is not only sought from Japan but from international community. During 3/11 Tsunami, debris from Fukushima was found in Canada and americas. Therefore, the dangerous contaminated water will not only stop at the shores of Japan but will move the whole world: Africa, Arctic, Africa, America, australia, etc leaving dead or contaminated ecosystems in its wake. Thats is how nuke plants are expensive for u!!

  Posted in: TEPCO seeks permission to dump groundwater from Fukushima plant into ocean

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  Rick KisaMay. 03, 2013 - 01:17PM JST

  The consensus to restart should normally be of the people, not a few corrupt gvt officials. Afterall, it is hard to separate the nuke business from govt. It is the people who suffer most in case of nuke accident..

  Posted in: Japan’s idled reactors will be restarted sooner or later as there seems to be a consensus among Japanese government officials about the need for doing so.

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  Rick KisaApr. 21, 2013 - 11:19PM JST

  I think until the underground stabilizes, we should may be stop suggestions to restart nuke plants.....

  Posted in: Quakes hit southern Honshu, Fukushima

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  Rick KisaApr. 06, 2013 - 09:34PM JST

  this is not news. The news people would like to hear is whether TEPCO managed to stop the leakage that started from 3/11

  Posted in: Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water

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  Rick KisaApr. 02, 2013 - 07:23AM JST

  Somebody remind me; does TEPCO boast same management as during 3/11, or there was an overhaul? If no change, i stop reading any stuff from TEPCO....

  Posted in: TEPCO says it needs to cut Y100 bil in costs to stay afloat

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  Rick KisaApr. 02, 2013 - 07:16AM JST

  M6 is very strong! Hope everybody is safe. So many earthquakes around that region since 3/11! Hope the nuke plants around those places and whole Kanto region have been reinforced for future, may be stronger quakes...

  Posted in: M6 quake strikes off northeast Japan

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  Rick KisaMar. 06, 2013 - 03:04AM JST

  I think Japan took a wrong energy pathway, relying so much on nuclear energy while ignoring risks associated with nukes, especially when located in the ring of fire. People now know that afterall nuke electricity is not silver bullet for clean, secure, cheap, sustainable and safe energy, but only a globally dangerous stop gap! It is not too late to change course to alternative energy sources, especially renewables. Germany has shown example. Japan cannot afford another nuclear mishap, given the fact that tremors have only increased in frequency since the 3/11 quake. The nuke mafia and a few corrupt political elements cannot be trusted to alone determine the future of the entire japanese population.

  Posted in: Japan’s energy challenges 2 years on from Fukushima

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  Rick KisaFeb. 17, 2013 - 06:30PM JST

  If i was the gvt-paid researcher, i would plead with my faithful donors (government) not to issue any statement for now......OR, i would work with a credible independent research firm, which would release results on my behalf...

  Posted in: No ill health effects seen in residents near Fukushima plant yet: researcher

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  Rick KisaFeb. 07, 2013 - 07:54AM JST

  TEPCO to buy 800,000 tons of LNG from U.S.

  Noted, and situation understandable. Don't go back to nuclear sources..invest in renewables like countries in Europe

  Posted in: TEPCO to buy 800,000 tons of LNG from U.S.

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  Rick KisaFeb. 05, 2013 - 01:08PM JST

  Gov't approves TEPCO request for extra Y697 bil in public funds

  Is it still the same incompetent and corrupt TEPCO managing the compensation funds from tax payers? my foot!!

  Posted in: Gov't approves TEPCO request for extra Y697 bil in public funds

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  Rick KisaFeb. 05, 2013 - 01:00PM JST

  Almost two years since the disaster, the reactor units are now under control, but the clean up is far from complete.

  Lest we forget, the plant is still spewing dangerous radiation daily since 2 years ago....Surprise that nobody has been imprisoned for this!

  Posted in: New Fukushima pictures show wreckage of plant

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  Rick KisaJan. 25, 2013 - 06:03AM JST

  Reactors must be terror-proof as well as quake-proof: regulator

  This is the type of modern thinking that has been missing in the nuke plant security discourse.

  Posted in: Reactors must be terror-proof as well as quake-proof: regulator

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  Rick KisaJan. 13, 2013 - 07:34AM JST

  Abe tells Miyagi residents reconstruction one of his top priorities

  Seems Abe is more preoccupied with palliative measures to the symptoms, not cure to the disease! In addition to reconstruction, the displaced would have wanted to know about the compensation plans and Abe gvt's energy policy. People are displaced not only because of the tsunami, but also, and more importantly because of the nuke radiation that still goes on up to present day.......

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  Rick KisaJan. 11, 2013 - 09:44PM JST

  Rice grown in Miyagi contains more than double legal limit of radioactive cesium....a ministry spokesperson said that spot checks had, until now, given no cause for alarm.

  People easily forget that the stricken nuke reactors are still spewing dangerous elements including ceasium into the ecosystem. Therefore, and needless to say, the readings are increasing with increasing accumulation of the substances over time . The readings may reduce when the situation changes....

  Posted in: Rice grown in Miyagi contains more than double legal limit of radioactive cesium

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  Rick KisaJan. 10, 2013 - 03:26PM JST

  The decontamination work is largely being carried out by four companies on contracts worth millions of dollars each. The government has drawn up guidelines for workers, *but the Asahi report quoted some as saying the decontamination project is so vast and painstaking that they would not finish in time if they followed the rules.

  I wonder why and how one would accept to implement a time-bound contract when you know you will not deliver quality work within agreed time and specifications.....

  Posted in: Gov't apologizes to Fukushima residents for sloppy decontamination work

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  Rick KisaJan. 10, 2013 - 03:25PM JST

  The decontamination work is largely being carried out by four companies on contracts worth millions of dollars each. The government has drawn up guidelines for workers, *but the Asahi report quoted some as saying the decontamination project is so vast and painstaking that they would not finish in time if they followed the rules. * I wonder why and how one would accept to implement a time-bound contract when you know you will not deliver quality work within agreed time and specifications.....

  Posted in: Gov't apologizes to Fukushima residents for sloppy decontamination work

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  Rick KisaJan. 10, 2013 - 02:46PM JST

  I think nobody is following up because they know this is more of a PR gimmick to comfort people that it will be safe to return. Of course the companies contracted are laughing all the way to the banks as they are literally doing nothing apart from fire-brigade-style water cannoning. If they were serious, this exercise is so important that it would involve foreign experts to get involved in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the exercise. These experts would normally be vetted and announced.

  Posted in: Gov't apologizes to Fukushima residents for sloppy decontamination work

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  Rick KisaJan. 09, 2013 - 01:19PM JST

  Me think this decontamination thing is just a huge PR gimmick aimed at hood-winking unsuspecting citizens that something is being done, and after clean-up, the place will be safe to return, which is not correct. After 2 years of dilly-darling, these nuclear particles are now far into the ecosystem: soil, animals, human beings, water bodies and food chain that it is impossible to talk of decontamination. A few questions: how are they decontaminating animals that already fed on contaminated food and now free-ranging? How do they separate unseen nuclear particles with differing half-lives to be given separate storage? The stricken nuke plants up to now continue to spew dangerous radiations into atmosphere, land and sea, isn't this a waste of time decontaminating while at the same time more is being added daily?

  Posted in: This isn’t decontamination — it’s sweeping up dirt and leaves and is absolutely irresponsible.