The former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland – Mitsuhei Murata – said recently: In the US there are 31 [sic] units the same type of that of Fukushima nuclear plant [23 are virtually identical to Fukushima]. So, if the accident be spread too far that really embarrasses the US. So that is why the crisis of Unit 4 has been toned down recently. The USA is actually the main reason. *** This is not the only indication that the U.S. has had a large role in Japanese nuclear policy after the Fukushima disaster. For example – in an effort to protect the American nuclear industry – the U.S. has joined Japan in raising “acceptable” radiation levels after the disaster. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also purportedly signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing that the U.S. will continue buying seafood from Japan, despite the fact that the FDA is refusing to test seafood for radiation in any meaningful fashion. So U.S. actions are helping to protect a pro-nuclear policy in Japan. Indeed, leading Japanese newspaper Nikkei also reports that it was President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton who pressured the Japanese to re-start that country’s nuclear program after the Japanese government vowed to end all nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:37:23 +0000