Fukushima Accident Updates 7/23

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Here's the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Please use the link for the full reports.

 

The government panel formed by ex-PM Kan has issued its report on the Fukushima Daiichi accident. The panel concludes Tepco ignored evidence of possible severe accident risks prior to the accident, pointed another guilty finger at Japan’s primary nuclear regulator NISA, said PM Kan’s interference was un-called-for, but fell short of calling the crisis man-made... The government report also compared the accident response at F. Daiichi with what simultaneously occurred at Fukushima Daiini... Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan has outlined a bill in the Diet to outlaw nuclear energy by 2025... Last week’s massive antinuclear demonstration in Tokyo continues to make headlines. Why did so many people attend? Why were there so many elderly citizens?... Some protestors said they don’t care if there are rolling blackouts and fossil-fueled pollution - they just want all nuclear energy abolished immediately... Oi unit #4 is connected to the Japanese grid and its electrical output is on the steady increase... In an attempt to prevent Hamaoka restarts, a petition with 178,000 signatures has been submitted to Shizuoka Prefecture calling for a nuclear referendum.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html (July 23)