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http://www.economist.com/node/18899008?story_id=18899008
The Fukushima disaster presents an opportunity for radical reform. But in a crisis people often grow conservative. Since the government holds the purse-strings, it can more or less dictate terms to TEPCO. The fear is that it will bankroll a return to business as usual.
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Posted in: Can a weakened nuclear industry survive its deadly repeating history? See in context
The motivation is simple: the exposure of collusion between governments, regulating agencies, and the nuclear industry to provide a fake sense of deniable plausibility would trigger a massive overhaul of the entire nuclear industry and likely lead to the imprisonment of many of its leading members around the world.
I think this was proved beyond a doubt within the last few weeks especially.
The British Collusion Scandal Involving Areva
The Genkai Reactor Restart Scandal
The NRC Investigation in the United States that found that many of the improvements taken to address the b.5.b memo after 9/11
There's more I'm sure I'm forgetting
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Posted in: Can a weakened nuclear industry survive its deadly repeating history? See in context
Thanks for such a great article JT! Thank you for sharing the truth!
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