More Nuclear Woes
Dec. 13th, 2008 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerThese tidbits from Japan and the Phillipines.
Nuclear Power Company Eyes Decommissioning of 2 Reactors Due to Stiffer Quake Standards - Mainichi Daily News - 14 Dec 08
". . . in the 2007 Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake, shaking at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture was 3.8 times more intense than had been predicted. Accordingly, major quake resistance reinforcement became necessary for the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Hamaoka plant. Since there was a high possibility of major increases in the cost of restarting the reactors, the power company began looking at decommissioning them as an option."
Editorial: A Chilling Poser on Nuke Option - Business Mirror - 12 Dec 08
"As a recently aired TV documentary pointed out, authorities have arrested an American suspected of trying to develop a nuke-spiked “dirty” bomb while there have been dozens of reported cases of attempted theft and sales of nuclear and radioactive material. Multinational forces have reportedly discovered a diagram for a nuclear device at an Al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul.
The problem with nuclear power is that the ingredients required to generate electricity and those needed to manufacture a weapon are essentially the same. In a country whose authorities cannot be trusted to keep under detention some of Southeast Asia’s most notorious cross-border terrorists, anxiety over our ability to secure a nuclear plant from pilferage, sabotage and attack will persist."
Nuclear Power Company Eyes Decommissioning of 2 Reactors Due to Stiffer Quake Standards - Mainichi Daily News - 14 Dec 08
". . . in the 2007 Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake, shaking at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture was 3.8 times more intense than had been predicted. Accordingly, major quake resistance reinforcement became necessary for the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Hamaoka plant. Since there was a high possibility of major increases in the cost of restarting the reactors, the power company began looking at decommissioning them as an option."
Editorial: A Chilling Poser on Nuke Option - Business Mirror - 12 Dec 08
"As a recently aired TV documentary pointed out, authorities have arrested an American suspected of trying to develop a nuke-spiked “dirty” bomb while there have been dozens of reported cases of attempted theft and sales of nuclear and radioactive material. Multinational forces have reportedly discovered a diagram for a nuclear device at an Al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul.
The problem with nuclear power is that the ingredients required to generate electricity and those needed to manufacture a weapon are essentially the same. In a country whose authorities cannot be trusted to keep under detention some of Southeast Asia’s most notorious cross-border terrorists, anxiety over our ability to secure a nuclear plant from pilferage, sabotage and attack will persist."
