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Hideomi Kuze
Nuclear policy of present Japan still prioritize industrial profit than life of many citizen.
since1981
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.
kohakuebisu
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.
thelonius
Watchdog? More like lapdog.
coskuri
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.
mukashiyokatta
Utterly DAFT decision.
gkamburoff
There is no morality in Big Money.
serendipitous1
Shouldn't the words, '....restarting an aging nuclear power plant...' automatically ring alarm bells? Humans have such short memories when money is involved.
wowyz
"Nuclear watchdog OKs" doom.
Jandworld
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?
BertieWooster
I'm curious. Where do the members of the Watchdog committee live?
smithinjapan
Japan never learns. Next time Fukushima happens, what’s the government going to say? “We couldn’t have known”?
Silvafan
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.
Disillusioned
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!
Silvafan
Disappointing! What could go wrong?
wanderlust
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.
papigiulio
Yeah....well lets finish this first shall we?