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NISA’s New Safety Standard May Allow Nuclear Reactors on Top of Active Faults to Continue Operation

http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/nisas-new-safety-standard-may-allow.html

“…Totally, absolutely in line with Prime Minister Noda’s intention of seeking the “fourth way” for the future energy policy on reliance on nuclear power, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (which is still the one and only regulatory agency over the nuclear industry in Japan) is now considering installing a new safety standard:

You can continue to operate a nuclear reactor even if the reactor happens to sit on top of an active fault, as long as the expected size of dislocation is small enough.

This Kyodo News has the largest number of retweets I’ve seen on the websites of the Japanese mainstream media, currently with 9,015 retweets……”

“…In the meantime, the prime minister who seeks the “fourth way” further elaborated on his stance. According to Jiji Tsushin (8/28/2012), Mr. Noda had a casual dinner in Tokyo with the DPJ’s newbies (and apparently open to the press), where he told them and the press that he couldn’t commit easily to “zero nuclear” because of national security concerns….”

August 28, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized