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Nuclear watchdog OKs restart of aging Ibaraki nuclear plant hit by tsunami

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Nuclear policy of present Japan still prioritize industrial profit than life of many citizen.

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With all the tremors from Chiba all the way up to Hokkaido, is this really a good idea? I guess lining pockets is more important than public safety.

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Less than 15km from the centers of Mito and Hitachi, two cities with 200,000 or so each. I don't know why you would put a nuclear power plant there.

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Watchdog? More like lapdog.

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what’s the government going to say? 

It's close enough to silence them. They will then become posterity legends like Leonidas as leaders that stubbornly pushed their people toward avoidable extinction.

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Utterly DAFT decision.

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There is no morality in Big Money.

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Shouldn't the words, '....restarting an aging nuclear power plant...' automatically ring alarm bells? Humans have such short memories when money is involved.

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"Nuclear watchdog OKs" doom.

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In most places cost is the main consideration for big new infrastructure decisions.

Here with, what, a third or so of globe’s nucs already there for a population of 120 some million: how to finance the build back of this bubble investment?

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I'm curious. Where do the members of the Watchdog committee live?

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Japan never learns. Next time Fukushima happens, what’s the government going to say? “We couldn’t have known”?

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Well if they turn on this reactor, I hope to God that they have enough plastic bags! Lord knows what will happen if they run out.

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This plant was the first commercial plant in Japan built in the 60's. Gladly, the single reactor from the 60's was decommissioned in the late 90's. However, plant #2 was commissioned in 1978 (I was still in high school) and it's already 40 years old. The 20 year extension is 'supposed to be' for extenuating circumstances only. It's not just for the whim of the idiot politicians. This plant is a flipping dinosaur and should be made into a museum! It will take another five years for them to build a sea wall and to make an evacuation plan, which is virtually impossible considering there are nearly 100,000 people within spitting distance of this dinosaur. I'm just totally flabbergasted by the idiocy of these twits!

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Disappointing! What could go wrong?

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Not exactly a green light to turn on the power, if you read all the condtions in the article.

Despite the approval by the NRA, the Tokai plant still needs to clear two more screenings by regulators by November, when it will turn 40 years old, otherwise it could face the prospect of decommissioning.

Tougher safety rules introduced in the post-Fukushima years prohibit in principle the operation of nuclear reactors beyond 40 years.

But extending a unit's life for an additional 20 years is possible if operators make safety upgrades and pass regulators' screening.

Actual plant operation is unlikely before March 2021 when construction to bolster safety measures is scheduled to be completed.

The plant's evacuation plan has yet to be compiled.

The restart plan also needs to be approved by local municipalities.

There's a lot of work to do before this nuclear kettle starts generating electricity.

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The plant's evacuation plan -- which covers 960,000 residents, the largest number of potential evacuees for a nuclear plant in Japan due to its location in a metropolitan area -- has yet to be compiled.

Yeah....well lets finish this first shall we?

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