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Why Worry? Japan’s Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage

Why Worry? Japan’s Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage

Fukushima July 9, 2011 at 5:49 pm 0 comments

  Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi wrote this prophetic article in 2007, highlighting vulnerability of Japan’s nuclear reactors before earthquake and tsunamis. In 2006, serving on a government committee, he suggested more stringent earthquake guidelines for nuclear power operators, only to resign later when the agencies chose to ignore his calls. Ishibashi KatsuhikoRead More

The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan … and the World

The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan … and the World

Fukushima April 26, 2011 at 9:32 am 0 comments

    By HIROSE TAKASHI The nuclear power plants in Japan are ageing rapidly; like cyborgs, they are barely kept in operation by a continuous replacement of parts. And now that Japan has entered a period of earthquake activity and a major accident could happen at any time, the peopleRead More