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From yesterday's Japan Times comes a sobering piece
quoting the last chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Jaczko only
stepped down in 2012) suggesting there isn't any way to safely manage nuclear
power in a world of earthquakes and natural disasters.
The ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No.
1 plant is a sign that the world needs to seriously rethink nuclear safety and
consider possibly ending its dependence on atomic power, the former chairman of
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday in Tokyo.
“When you
look at what happened around the Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) area, it’s simply
unacceptable,” as tens of thousands of people have been unable to return to
their homes due to radioactive contamination, said Gregory Jaczko, who served
as the top U.S. nuclear regulatory official for nearly three years until July
2012...
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