Fukushima Updates: Commentary - Is Nuclear Energy Losing Its Political Thunder in Japan

Here are the summaries of today's Fukushima commentary and updates. Please click the link for the full reports.

 

Commentary – Is Nuclear Energy Losing its Political Thunder in Japan? - It seems that the antinuclear politicians in Japan are “circling the wagons” in preparation for next month’s election. Antinuclear politicians in the Japanese congress (Diet) are joining forces to try and make the abolition of nuclear energy the major election issue, but it seems they are fighting a losing battle. The largely antinuclear Japanese Press is doing its best to abet the antinuclear political effort, yet even they are beginning to realize that there are bigger fish to fry before December 16.

Other updates - Tokyo’s gubernatorial race has split into two camps over the nuclear issue... On May 14, 2011, the Hamaoka nuclear unit #5 had a major seawater leak while it was shutting down due to Naoto Kan’s worst-case-earthquake-based mandate... The local government in Shimane Prefecture has completed the nation's first emergency plans for the 30km radius around Shimane nuclear station... Higher than anticipated radiation levels make the news when discovered by Japanese citizens, even as far away as Taiwan... Recent studies published in the United States have allegedly “proved” that natural background radiation (BKG) causes cancer.

 

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