Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Prefecture nuclear reactor

Good decision! Now flash her up!

emergency evacuation plans for the nuclear plant, stating they were not relevant as it could not be assumed a serious accident was likely.

Erm. Isn't the pont of emergency evac plans set up for the chance that a serious accident happens? Sure one might not be likely, but then at Fukushima, they thought that such a large tsunami was also unlikely.

Evacuation is usually a last resort, so if one happens, a serious accident must've occured. But assuming a serious accident won't occured is just going to leave people dead when/if one does occur.

What a crazy ruling.

The only reason so many people died before in Fukushima is because of the evacuation. Evacuate and shelter in place! Understand that the dose isn’t strong enough to give you cancer

Quote: “The unit restarted last month, becoming the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It is currently offline for a routine inspection before its scheduled commencement for commercial operations in December.”

Tut, tut, tut. Short memories and speaking untruths with a straight face!

This new start-up and immediate shut-down event was reported here on JT recently, and it wasn’t just a ‘routine inspection’.