Nuclear power. neither safe nor cheap, former PM of Japan tells Queensland
Naoto Kan tells Australia risk with nuclear is too great, Toowomba Chronicle Rae Wilson | 29th Aug 2014 AS Queensland prepares for a return to export uranium mining, a former Japanese prime minister caught in the Fukushima nuclear disaster warned about the dangers of nuclear power.
Naoto Kan was prime minister in 2011 when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake trigged a tsunami that caused a triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.
Mr Kan concluded nuclear power could never be considered safe, switching off all of Japan’s nuclear power plants…….Mr Kan, a guest of Australian anti-nuclear action groups, said on Thursday there were issues related to storing and disposing of the waste from uranium mining, particularly radioactive contamination concerns.
But he said, speaking through a translator, he was most concerned about how the uranium would be used.
“Of course the uranium that would be mined is used as fuel in nuclear power plants and if asked on the issue of the safety of nuclear power plants my experience in the Fukushima nuclear disaster has taught me that the issue is not when or where an accident might occur but an accident is certain to occur if this risk is faced and the risk is enormous,” he said……….
Mr Kan said while nuclear power was once considered cheap, the disaster had taught him otherwise. – APN Newsdesk http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/for-print-can-go-online-fridayrae-wilsonas-queensl/2368001/
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