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In light of further nuclear risks, economic growth should not be priority — Mainichi Editorial [View all]
http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.org/2012/04/03/in-light-of-further-nuclear-risks-economic-growth-should-not-be-priority-%E2%80%94-mainichi-editorial/
In light of further nuclear risks, economic growth should not be priority — Mainichi Editorial
April 3, 2012
Takao Yamada, Senior Staff Writer, Mainichi Daily News
The government continues to take regressive steps in spite of the torrent of criticism it has received and the lessons that should have been learned since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster.
This is evidenced in the fact that starting this week, which marks the beginning of a new fiscal year, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan (NSC) have no budget. The new nuclear regulatory agency that was supposed to begin operations on April 1 in NISA’s stead is now floundering amid resistance in the Diet from opposition parties. In other words, government agencies overseeing nuclear power now have an even more diminished presence.
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In light of further nuclear risks, economic growth should not be priority — Mainichi Editorial
April 3, 2012
Takao Yamada, Senior Staff Writer, Mainichi Daily News
The government continues to take regressive steps in spite of the torrent of criticism it has received and the lessons that should have been learned since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster.
This is evidenced in the fact that starting this week, which marks the beginning of a new fiscal year, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan (NSC) have no budget. The new nuclear regulatory agency that was supposed to begin operations on April 1 in NISA’s stead is now floundering amid resistance in the Diet from opposition parties. In other words, government agencies overseeing nuclear power now have an even more diminished presence.
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