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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Experts: Japan 'Incapable' of Solo Decommissioning Effort

From: Axis of Logic

Members of International Expert Group (IEG) confer with a Tokyo Electric Power Co. official, center, as they inspect the decommissioning progress near the Unit 1 building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. (Photo: The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning)
Japan is "incapable" of safely decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant says a panel of experts who are calling for an international effort for the dangerous process, the Associated Press reported Sunday.

Unlike a number of other nations including the U.S., Japan has never undergone a decommissioning process and currently has no experts at the regulatory level even devoted to decommissioning, said Nuclear Regulation Authority spokesman Juntaro Yamada.

The AP story follows a growing call from nuclear watchdog groups and experts, including Harvey Wasserman and veteran U.S. nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen, for a "global takeover" of the decommissioning process, saying: "Neither Tokyo Electric nor the government of Japan can go this alone. There is no excuse for deploying anything less than a coordinated team of the planet’s best scientists and engineers."

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