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0 pointslifthrasiir2y ago0 comments

> [...] fear that the Japanese government / Fukushima’s owners can’t be trusted to release only what they say they will.

Especially given the fact that Naoto Kan, the prime minister of Japan at the time of the Fukushima accident, had to go to the TEPCO HQ to force them to continue the response instead of giving up and watching a full meltdown. Japan has a lot to do in order to regain the lost trust.

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Prickle2y ago

Regaining trust is IMO, impossible with all current politicians.

The government has basically designated the nuclear agency seat as a "Send the guy we don't like there" seat. Only incompetent idiots have been placed there since Fukushima.

Add in all the BS red-tape that the government made up, the notoriously slow bureaucracy, and sometimes even sabotage? (Combine that with the new nuclear regulation agency created after Fukushima, which complicates it further) It's not happening without a strongman leading the charge and really forcing it.

Would be great if we could copy-paste France's setup. But Japan is obtuse and inflexible.

minebreaker2y ago

So sad that many Japanese saw it as a micro management and blamed him

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