Tepco’s management called “war criminals” by Japan
Jan 8, 2012 21:28:58 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Jan 8, 2012 21:28:58 GMT -5
Japan Times: Tepco’s management called “war criminals” by Japanese weekly
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
By DAVID MCNEILL
Special to The Japan Times
Is the ongoing crisis surrounding the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant being accurately reported in the Japanese media?
No, says independent journalist Shigeo Abe, who claims the authorities, and many journalists, have done a poor job of informing people about nuclear power in Japan both before and during the crisis — and that the clean-up costs are now being massively underestimated and underreported.
"The government says that as long as the radioactive leak can be dammed from the sides it can be stopped, but that's wrong," Abe insists. "They're going to have to build a huge trench underneath the plant to contain the radiation — a giant diaper. That is a huge-scale construction and will cos
t a fortune. The government knows that but won't reveal it."
www.japantimes.co.jp
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
By DAVID MCNEILL
Special to The Japan Times
Is the ongoing crisis surrounding the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant being accurately reported in the Japanese media?
No, says independent journalist Shigeo Abe, who claims the authorities, and many journalists, have done a poor job of informing people about nuclear power in Japan both before and during the crisis — and that the clean-up costs are now being massively underestimated and underreported.
"The government says that as long as the radioactive leak can be dammed from the sides it can be stopped, but that's wrong," Abe insists. "They're going to have to build a huge trench underneath the plant to contain the radiation — a giant diaper. That is a huge-scale construction and will cos
t a fortune. The government knows that but won't reveal it."
www.japantimes.co.jp
