Japan’s nuclear safety agency’s efforts to distort public opinion
the Chubu Electric scandal features the direct involvement of the nuclear safety agency, the government body responsible for overseeing nuclear power plant operations. This cannot be seen as anything but an attempt to distort public opinion…..The revelation that the government attempted to manipulate a public symposium on a pluthermal power-generation project in 2007 has confused and angered people living near nuclear power plants
‘Credibility shot to pieces’ / Latest utility scandal also sullies govt nuclear safety agency, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 29 July 11, An attempt by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to stifle public opposition to a plutonium-thermal power generation project at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant during a 2007 community symposium is the latest scandal to involve a nuclear power project.
This most recent scandal was revealed during a press conference on Friday by Chubu Electric Power Co., operator of the Hamaoka plant.It comes hot on the heels of the e-mail scandal surrounding Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s attempts to resume operations at its Genkai nuclear plant.
But unlike the Kyushu Electric case, the Chubu Electric scandal features the direct involvement of the nuclear safety agency, the government body responsible for overseeing nuclear power plant operations. This cannot be seen as anything but an attempt to distort public opinion.
Residents near the plant and experts have reacted to the news with criticism, with one observer saying, “The credibility of nuclear energy administrators is shot to pieces.”…..
Anger, confusion among locals
The revelation that the government attempted to manipulate a public symposium on a pluthermal power-generation project in 2007 has confused and angered people living near nuclear power plants……
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