Hubris, thy name is TEPCO.
Nozaki met the head of Tepco’s local branch and told him “we definitely cannot accept” the building of new reactors. A Tepco team from Tokyo was given the same “no way” message. The electricity company, said Nozaki, was told by prefectural officials “to sort out problems on the ground first and stop thinking about new reactors.”
Tokyo Electric pressed on, declining to alter its plans and submitting them to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, or METI, in Tokyo.
Being told "no" twice wasn't enough?
Tepco announced last week that four reactors at the center of the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi will never go back into service. At the same time, it submitted its report to METI that included a proposed timetable for constructing and commissioning two reactors — No. 7 and No. 8 — at the same complex.
“We regret that we submitted the report as it was, considering the feelings of the local residents in Fukushima,” said Hiro Hasegawa, a Tepco spokesman in Tokyo..
Never mind the fact that the reactor site and surrounding areas have been rendered uninhabitable...
Wow, it's hard to imagine a more serious disconnect with reality.