Koizumi defends changing stance on nuclear power

Not getting that nuclear village money anymore makes you a "moral" person suddenly. Not surprising at all.

@ Aizo Yurei

The nuclear fission reactor old boys group is corrupt to the gills. Bribe money functions as the carrot and other "accidents" can function as the stick. The corruption is so thick - you would think that knowledge of a cheaper to build alternative, the safest and cleanest energy source since photosynthesis a completely safe, a-neutronic, fusion process not only has not only not been in the public domain for some time but that it did not even exist!

If Koizumi really had moral fortitude he would be shouting about it from the rooftops. No radioactive by-products - no spent fuel rods - hydrogen and boron-11 in and helium and electricy out - in a power outage it just shuts off like a light bulb.

The silence is deafening. From Koizumi, Abe, and the press!

'The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water & breeds reptiles of the mind.' William Blake

I'm amazed that people are surprised he's changed his stance. Politicians have been doing that for decades. In Britain it's become a joke. Well, all we can do is laugh as our politicians change their minds more often than their second homes. I've lost track of how many U-turns the Coalition Government has performed since bumbling into power. But I digress. Changing stance on Nuclear Fission is a good idea. Incidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima have shown that the safety of Nuclear power is lacking. Granted, Fukushima's meltdown followed a natural disaster, but seeing as how Japan is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire: a seismically unstable region, steps should have been taken to incorporate that into the design of the plant. There are several examples of "earthquake resistant" buildings in San Francisco, so Japan should have used similar methods to fortify Fukushima, and indeed all its Nuclear power plants. Tsunami protection should also have been in place, but again, that seems to have been lacking. Until Nuclear power can be operated safely, and requiring nothing short of the hand of whatever God you believe in to go into meltdown, we should not depend on Nuclear Power. There are alternatives, such as Nuclear Fusion, which I understand is a viable alternative, and not the fiction we once believed. But there is, I assume, a significant price tag involved. Why else would no-one opt for it?

Koizumi: "Sorry, which way did you say the wind is blowing?"

Koizumi is a seriously stubborn guy. So him changing his mind is pretty rare, I support him on this for sure

Koizumi said “considering all that has happened, and with plans to deal with no plans to deal the spent nuclear fuel rods at the Fukushima plant, we must work toward a future without nuclear power. Renewable energy is the way to go for Japan.”

Thank God, someone is finally coming to senses for Japan. Nuke energy should be treated as a thing in the past for "tofu" islands of Japan. It is not just safe for earthquake prone country.

My state has been investing heavily in wind and solar farms and is creating tons of new jobs. We voted down the nuke energy plant option many years ago. Voters are already thinking a quality of life without nukes twenty years ahead. Common sense solution is always the winner here.