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Japanese parliament: Fukushima catastrophe caused by systemic negligence and “captured regulator”

In a harshly worded report that might as well be describing the nuclear cabal in the United States, a Japanese parliamentary panel concluded that the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima Dai-Ichi is the combined negligence of government, regulators and the nuclear industry.  In fact, the panel’s finding that the “regulator has been captured by the industry it regulates” sends a global warning that growing profit agendas, flawed designs, aging reactors, eroding oversight and no enforcement are already converging on the next nuclear catastrophe. More.
Taking advantage of a recent court victory against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's bogus "Nuclear Waste Confidence Decision," and as part of an environmental coalition legal challenge against three dozen old and new atomic reactor licenses across the country, Beyond Nuclear has filed intervention contentions against new reactor construction/operating licenses at Grand Gulf 3, MS and Fermi 3, MI, as well as against degraded old reactor 20 year license extensions at Grand Gulf 1 and Davis-Besse, OH. More.

 

Take action on Fukushima lessons learned

 

Submit comments and questions to a scientific panel or attend the DC meeting!

Next Thursday, June 19, 2012, at an initial meeting of a National Academy of Sciences panel, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will discuss its actions following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. NRC is paying for this NAS study. There will be time for public comment and those wishing to attend should contact NAS at fukushima@nas.edu. NAS is taking comments on the committee membership and general questions on the study can be submitted by email. More.
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