Mother Nature Reminds Tokyo of Fukushima's Ongoing Vulnerability
On
11 March 2001 Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) six reactor
Fukushima Daiichi complex was effectively destroyed by an earthquake,
which produced a tsunami that swamped the facility.Fifteen months later,
it seems that Tokyo has learned little from the experience. On 16 June
the Japanese government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda approved the
restart of Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at its Oi
nuclear power plant (NPP), with the Prime Minister saying, "Having won
local consent, reactivating the Nos. 3 and 4…Read more...
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