Editorial: Japan gov t moves to restart aging nuclear reactors unjustifiable
May 1, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) It appears that, for the first time, nuclear power stations commissioned more than 40 years ago will be restarted. Tatsuji Sugimoto, the governor of the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, has agreed to reactivate the Kansai Electric Power Co. s (KEPCO) Takahama Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 and 2, and Mihama Nuclear Power Station Unit 3. In the aftermath of the nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in March 2011, nuclear power stations have been limited to an operational period of 40 years in principal.
Bill Gates, while motivated to help fight climate change, has also long been trying to make a success of his nuclear technology company Terra Power. The climate emergency presents him with the perfect opportunity to promote this, and especially, to get tax–payer funding to do it, as he suggests in his new book.
Elon Musk and Bill Gates: beware of gurus toting solutions to climate change
Elon Musk has grand plans to save the world. Bill Gates has just published his book ”How To Avoid a Climate Disaster”. They both envisage tax-payer funding for their solutions. But beware of gurus toting the solution to the planet’s crisis.