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TODAY. Nuclear safety no problem these days?

I can almost hear the joyful responses that are about to come from the world’s top nuclear industry publicist Rafael Grossi.

The murmurings of nuclear safety success are already out there in the media.

As a tsunami is predicted from a 7.6 magnitude earthquake:

“Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said no irregularities have been confirmed at nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan, including five active reactors at Kansai Electric Power’s Ohi and Takahama plants in Fukui prefecture.“

Yes, as Western Japan coastal towns evacuate in anticipation of a tsunami, it looks as though the nuclear lobby is gearing up for another joyful success, if there is no nuclear disaster this time.

Why on Earth would anyone plan for nuclear reactors along the coast of a highly earthquake-prone country?

Well, I think that it was one of those manipulative master-strokes of the USA nuclear-military-industrial complex – way back in the 1950s - helping Japan to get the “benefits” of the nuclear industry – to make up for the “drawbacks” of the nuclear industry – like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Grossi’s busy telling us that nuclear reactors are safe, not a terrorism or war danger.

And that it’s OK to pour liquid nuclear waste into the oceans,

And that, with a heating, sea-level rise world, look, reactors can cope with tsunamis?

January 2, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized