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Another reactor at Genkai nuclear plant to be restarted late May

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Over 40 years old with a history of accidents and corruption. Great plan.

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It was built in a geologically relatively 'safe' area of Japan. If you can't beat them, then give them your blessings, I reckon.

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number 3 had an accident just recently after being restarted. if another more serious accent, possible, local people can't evacuate. sorry...No1 started 1975, No2 1980, No3 1993 and No4 1996. thank you @zichi. gomen.

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Yes, but very minor in terms of seriousness. A pipe flange on the pipe carrying the steam to the turbines leaked steam which was just just water and does not carry any radioactivity.

Such accidents can be lethal even if they don't release radioactivity. There was a fatal accident at one of the Fukui reactors in 2004 when plant operators were killed when a pipe carrying superheated steam ruptured.

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@zichi, although off topic but related, fukushima was first smashed by the earthquakes. then bad design was impacted by the tsunami. @cuca, actually the water and steam contained high radiation. luckily it was not so much.

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Such accidents can be lethal even if they don't release radioactivity.

So, do you want all electric plants shut down? Because they can have lethal steam releases too.

Chemical plants can and do have lethal accidents periodically, so shut them down. In fact every manufacturing plant has lethal accidents as do construction projects. Are you suggesting shutting down any activity that has the potential for lethal accidents?

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Such accidents can be lethal even if they don't release radioactivity.

So, do you want all electric plants shut down? Because they can have lethal steam releases too.

Chemical plants can and do have lethal accidents periodically, so shut them down. In fact every manufacturing plant has lethal accidents as do construction projects. Are you suggesting shutting down any activity that has the potential for lethal accidents?

Don't put words in my mouth please.

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Continuing on the theme of Fukushima, zichi and Goodluck, I remember reading that several high-up vital cooling pipes were ruptured in the intial earthquake, and we saw clear photos of these. For some reason this part of the story has been buried and reburied. It seems to disrupt the convenient narrative that NPPs have never been badly damaged by an earthquake, and it was totally the unpredictable tsunami that was to blame.

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Nobody consider serious risk of Genkai "Pluthermal" nuclear disaster.

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