Will World Nuclear Plants be stopped by 3/11 Japan Tragedy?

[dcraig]

IAEA reports very little contamination of Japanese food found in testing:

"Since our written briefing of 1 April 2011, significant data related to food contamination was reported on 1 April (33 samples), 2 April (64 samples) and 3 April (37 samples) by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. These reported analytical results covered a total of 134 samples taken on 15 March (2 samples), 29 - 31 March (77 samples) and 1 - 2 April (55 samples). Analytical results for 133 of the 134 samples for various vegetables, spinach and other leafy vegetables, mushrooms, fruit (strawberries), various meats (beef and pork), seafood and unprocessed raw milk in twelve prefectures (Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Niigata, Saitama, Shizuoka, Tchigi, Tochigi and Tokyo), indicated that iodine-131, caesium-134 and/or caesium-137 were either not detected or were below the regulation values set by the Japanese authorities. One sample of shiitake mushrooms taken on 1 April in Fukushima prefecture was above the regulation values set by the Japanese authorities for both iodine-131 and caesium-134/caesium-137."

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

 

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seems like the risks outweigh the benefits. all it takes is one mishap and you have radiation issues that will last for years, maybe 100 years. its the shit that keeps on giving. society can survive without nuclear plants, maybe not quite as efficient but maybe technology will improve in the next 100 years that we won't need to rely on nuclear energy. nuclear energy just seems like a way to try to maximize on one's industrial society but, societies can live without them. so, after the japan issue, i think it's way to risky because all it takes is one catastrophic event to wipe out a whole city if not immediately, than for sure in the coming years in the form of cancer or the like