Published: April 17th, 2012 at 8:58 pm ET
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Title: Edano hints at implementation of rolling blackouts again this summer | The Japan Times Online
Source: Kyodo
Date: April 18, 2012
Industry minister Yukio Edano hinted for the first time Tuesday that the government may implement rolling blackouts again this summer.“If there is concern (over supply and demand), even if only slightly, we could devise a plan to implement rolling blackouts not only for areas covered by Kansai Electric Power Co.,” he said. [...]
Title: Edano apologizes for remarks on active reactors
Source: Kyodo
Date: April 18, 2012
Industry minister Yukio Edano apologized Tuesday for his recent remarks that the nation will be without operating nuclear reactors only “momentarily” from May 6, when the last currently active reactor goes offline for maintenance.“I should have said (the number of operating reactors) will be zero at least for a while,” Edano said at a news conference, referring to a speech he delivered Sunday in Tokushima Prefecture. [...]
“I apologize for the concerns and effects that my remarks caused to various people,” Edano said. [...]
On Tuesday, Edano denied that the administration is in a rush to resume operation of the Oi reactors [...]
Published: April 17th, 2012 at 8:58 pm ET
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Doesn't matter what he says. The people won't trust nuclear technology again.
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THANK GOD!! Too bad this "accident" will take the world with it.
NO MORE NUKES EVER F**KING AGAIN!
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No Solutions For Nuclear Disasters Or Nuclear Waste; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-solutions-for-nuclear-disasters.html
What Happens To Nuclear Waste In Your Country? via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-happens-to-nuclear-waste-in-your.html
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They are giving it a go in Sweden. A view of Into Eternity
http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/forum/index.php/topic,21.msg424.html#msg424
Thank you for all your hard work and posts, AGreenRoad! Much aloha
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Onkalo (and the film 'Into Eternity") is in Finland, not Sweden.
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my apologies …typing too fast
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this is designed to alarm the masses, let them think their country can't survive without pukes,the pukelearpower and guv't are so entwined that they will do anything to get them back on, scarmongering is just one tool. tptb have too much invested to ever go back, no other industry comes close to the handouts puke power gets, here or there.
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You are right. You are so right. SPOT ON KTH's!
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Yes,…'kill the hacs' is correct again. Remember the Flying Dutchmen saying the same thing in their anthem song? The rolling blackouts are JUST to make nuclear SEEM necessary! People hate black-outs, and rightly so. This is pure blackmail,…not black-out!
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FRYING DUTCHMAN humanERROR Anti Nuclear Musical performance; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/frying-dutchman-humanerror-musical.html
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So right! People should take the opportunity to change and even when the black outs aren't happening use power as little as possible….that will turn the tables on those nuclear pushing addicts.
Just say no to nuclear power!
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It's also designed to boost Japan's bid to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Not having 'secure & stable'(?~?~?) electricity might jeopardize their chances with the IOC!
I doubt they'll give much thought to the rads.
Insane. Insane. The world is insane.
Other bids are from Istanbul Turkey, Baku Azerbaijan, Doha Qatar, and Madrid Spain.
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I once read on ex-skf that the rollouts are a provocative measure to make the citizens think there is a lack of power and so nukes are the only alternative.
So do be aware that this is probably more propoganda.
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X 1000
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Night guys. Worked myself up into a FRENZY tonight thinking about the workers and the HORRIBLE CONDITIONS they are working in. Damn it all, ENOUGH! NO MORE!
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Last Tweet for the night:
#Fukushima: More "Pro-Nuke" propoganda from Japan!? Probably so! http://enenews.com/govt-getting-more-desperate-now-discussing-implementing-rolling-blackouts-top-official-apologizes-for-reactor-remarks/
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Yes, you are spot on, Richard. A tried-and-true bit of propaganda puffery which also seemed to work well in stopping the recent California initiative to close their 2 NPPs from getting enough signatures–or even the support of some leading anti-nuclear groups in California!
Read what happened here:
htt.//sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/articles/nuclear-shutdown-signature-drive-falls-short-but-could-still-make-ballot-proponents-say
The California Legislative Analyst's office falsely claimed it would cause rolling blackouts and cost CA billions of dollars a year! They would have been forced to have that printed in the initiative if it made it to the ballot.
Yes, the Nuke industry is deeply entrenched…but that will only make the anti-nuclear groups keep trying harder and not give up!
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Such a shame. This mess never needed to happen in the first place
11/22/2011, it turns out that Tepco estimated that they can cover all the electric consumption even without nuclear plants
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/11/tepco-officially-admitted-they-dont-need-nuclear-power/
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If the blackouts were really needed then the government should be in high speed trying to move ahead with alternative sources of power, geothermal, wind and solar. There is no way anyone in their right mind would allow the nuclear plants to start again in Japan.
I wonder if they ever heard of earthquakes and tsunami's…how quickly they forget history.
“Those who can not remember the past [OR CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT] are condemned to repeat it.“ George Santayanaby [brackets mine]
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If they would just create a grid that could share power loads, they could avoid any blackouts. However, they are so intent on maintaining the monopoly system for utilities in Japan, they'd rather make people do without.
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List Of Countries/Nations Closing Down ALL Nuclear Power Plants; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/list-of-countries-closing-down-all.html
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Another pack of lies? Recycling nuclear waste is clean green and safe.
Windscale: Biggest Covered Up UK Nuclear Disaster? via A Green Road Blog http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/windscale-biggest-covered-up-uk-nuclear.html
Ozyorsk – Kyshtym – Mayak Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Center Disaster And Coverup; via A Green Road Blog http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/ozyorsk-kyshtym-mayak-nuclear-waste.html
La Hague; France's Nuclear Waste Nightmare; via A Green Road Blog http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/la-hague-nuclear-waste-nightmare.html
Hanford; Lethal And Leaking; A Race To Armageddon? via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/hanford-lethal-and-leaking-race-to.html
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To me the terrifying part is the endless possibilities of suffering…the suffering has already begun and the apathy already existed. The average person doesn't want to know about the nuclear disaster, they don't want to devote one second of their time to thinking about it…I think they are greatful that Diane Sawyer hasn't spelled out the worst…they can stay uncaring because the stay unknowing….the world is seperated into wolves and sheep and even though there are many more sheep they will never protect themselves, it's not in their nature. They prefer to die of ignorance.
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+1
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"They prefer to die of ignorance."
many moons,…how true that is! Profound as anything I've even THOUGHT OF!
I'm not even sure if the DSM3R,…or the current psyche book,…has a 'label' for THIS one, right? What the hell can 'we' call 'IT' even???
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I smell Enron.
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following the headline video with kimura here is a follow up video translated by goldiluvmj. some extra points are mentioned!!
My thought on restarting the nuclear reactors
"Here is a short video. Some of the things you may already have heard on the other video I have translated but Kimura expresses other points in this video which are few but important nonetheless. I think he is wise and his message is clear.
I believe the falsification of data doesn't just happen at Fukushima Daiichi and it is practiced at other nuclear power plants in Japan, in fact world wide. You only have to check the radiation data in Europe to realise that the regulator like IAEA isn't doing anything to stop the release of radiation into the atomosphere…."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KweAbgyECA&context=C473667dADvjVQa1PpcFNNpxhy7GIedkFa_LxvpctF4n6cRZRH4KA=
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Hey ..Japanese government..repeat after me ..SOLAR…SOLAR…
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