Rigging opinions on nuclear power

[kristopher]

Rigging opinions on nuclear power

A third-party committee of the Hokkaido government on Wednesday reported that the then chief of the regional government's nuclear power safety measures section asked Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in July 2008 to collect opinions that favored the use of MOX (mixed oxide) nuclear fuel in the No. 3 reactor of its Tomari nuclear power plant.

The chief made the request because a majority of opinions collected by the Hokkaido government up to that point had been decidedly against the use of MOX fuel, which contains both plutonium and uranium, the committee said.

This is just the latest revelation of attempts to rig public opinions on nuclear power.

Behind the regional government official's request was the central government's policy of giving subsidies to prefectural governments that accepted the use of MOX fuel in nuclear power plants.

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111128a2.html





The "chief of the regional government's nuclear power safety measures section asked Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in July 2008 to collect opinions that favored the use of MOX (mixed oxide) nuclear fuel".

This goes directly to the unsolved problems surrounding disposal of toxic waste from nuclear plants and it is an excellent example of how nuclear regulators tend to function. So, when you place the "science" behind the building and operation of nuclear plants in your mind it is far more accurate to think "BP" than it is to credit this industry with the respect we reserve for the scientific process.