Mastodawn

Small Modular Reactors: Game changer or more of the same?🧐 #PolicyBrief
"SMRs r presented, not only by #nuclear #industry, but also by #media & #government, as established, proven, commercial products.. Te perception tt #SMRs r being built in large numbers is untrue & te claims made for them in terms of, for eg., cost, #safety & waste are at best #unproven & at worst false.. image of them being smaller than existing #reactors is incorrect. IAEA’s size range is arbitrary"🤦‍♂️
https://policybrief.org/briefs/small-modular-reactors-game-changer-or-more-of-the-same/

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Joseph Lim

Apr 2

Would one insist on developing more #nuclear power plants after watching this & hearing what the #Fukushima Daiichi NPP's on-site chief Yoshida had to say about the 2011 meltdown ordeals?
P.S. Yoshida suffered from #cancer & died about a year after this interview. RIP🙏
#mastofilm
15 Years Since Fukushima: The Plant Chief's Final Message
NHK revisits the account of the man who led the battle to contain the disaster & considers the lessons it holds for #Japan today
#TEPCO 🤦‍♂️
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/4048013/

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Joseph Lim

OPINION🧐: #Japan must toughen #nuclear #regulation after #Hamaoka data #falsification
"In terms of #misconduct, #ChubuElectric surpasses #TEPCO.. 4yrs b4 te accident, regulators strongly urged TEPCO to take countermeasures against tsunamis tt exceeded prev assumptions, but were brushed off, later saying TEPCO "didn't respond +vely." These failures were kept hidden for ~7yrs aft te accident.. seems tt Nuclear Regulation Authority's still taken lightly by power #utilities"🤦‍♂️
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/72804

OPINION: Japan must toughen nuclear regulation after Hamaoka data falsification

The 2011 accident caused by Tokyo Electric Power Company at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is estimated to cost 23.4 trillion yen ($147 billion) for decontamination, compensation and cleanup of the damaged reactors.

Japan Wire by Kyodo News