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Tsunami-hit nuclear plant in Ibaraki gets formal restart approval

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What couldn’t go wrong with a 40+ year old plant and ever increasing extreme weather?

I already have enough radioactive contamination in my body from Fukushima-I don’t want more....!

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You just can’t make this stuff up.

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I sure hope they are taking the proper precautions and the construction firms working in the wall aren't riddled with corruption.

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It'd be better if they could fast forward the safety enhancement construction, so as to coincide with the opening of the olympics in 2020.

This could be a showcase to the world of the remarkable recovery from the 2011 earthquake / tsunami and lift the spirits of those affected by the tragedy.

In addition it will act as proof of the worthiness of nuclear power in Japan and the rest of the world.

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For crying out LOUD, this god damned nuclear plant should be mothballed because its 40yrs old!!

Even if there wasn't a 3/11 it should be MOTHBALLED, not  a damned extension, its extremely poor decisions like this that make me wish I was a fly-jin!

Stupid beyond belief, pure insanity!

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How can you approve something that is not even built?

Should they not wait until is has been built to check and approve it?

I mean, it might be faulty or badly built!

The idiocy of the nuclear regulatory system in Japan is beyond belief.

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At least they won't restart it until after the Tokyo olympics. Imagine how embarrassing it would be if the olympics had to be moved to e.g. South Korea because this plant had melted down due to an earthquake or tsunami, both of which can be expected to occur at any time.

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So, what's the problem? It's only a 40 year old nuclear plant that was due to be decommissioned before they changed the rules to get another twwenty years out of it.They'll probably keep changing the rulles until it is 100 years old and falling apart.

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Me thinks many that are participating here are forgetting that the power plant has served the community and the industries well for forty years without incident contributing to everyone's lives to date. Unfortunate for the unpreparedness of past engineers for the somewhat predictable natural disasters, but they are trying to correct the situation. Till such time as other alternative energy sources are able to replace the energy needs of the expected all electric transportation systems and the 5 G industries that require more electricity than ever, a restart with better and more reliable disaster prevention and contamination containment is still in order.

It may also be true that there are many proven energy sources and systems that are not used or forthcoming only because of "control" of patents and copyrights by hose who benefit from using the sources that they can control and benefit (profit) directly from. On the other hand, is no different than those demanding the closure of nuclear power reactors without providing alternative sources to replenish and replace what is lacking and needed. In both cases it affects those who have the need for electric energy for survival.

And, as far as I can see, there is almost no one that is willing to continue to work or live without the benefit of everything that the electric energy provides. So sometimes controlled patience with persistent effort to "help" improve the situation by reducing energy consumption or use alternative energy sources is needed to "allow" the energy companies time to make the changes.

For that "time", they need the income and other resources to pay for and adjust and make the changes. And whether you may like it or not, it is "we" that pay for it as it is "we" that ultimately use and need that energy. Simply forcing a closure of a system and the bankruptcy of a power plant is not and cannot be the answer.

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Google the accidents at this decayed plant. Google the evidence that it is for nuclear weapons. Then you might learn more. What links? 40 years...hehehe.

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Kazetsukai, you need to google two words:

Tokaimura  & bucket

Forget it, I did it for you, read this to learn more about the Tokaimura nuc plants history, its rather scary to say the least!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accident

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Nuclear power is safe as long as absolutely nothing happens. The problem is when some kind of disaster occurs. Whether it's natural or human.

In Spain on October 19, 1989. We had a nuclear accident that destroyed part of the reactor cooling system because of a small fire. Producing a small nuclear fusion. Fortunately the firemen and a little luck nothing happened. But the experts say that it was very close to reproduce a new chernobyl.

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Hope I'm not here anymore when they have to evacuate Tokyo, like Kan worried they might when he heard the incompetence of TEPCO and that they hid the initial problems from him. Not a question of if, but when. And it'll be soon.

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