The Japan Times reports that as the crisis continues at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and thousands of people remain evacuated due to radiation fears, public sentiment has turned against allowing reactors idled for regular checks at power stations nationwide to be restarted.

To ease public safety concerns, the government has ordered stress tests be carried out on all reactors.

And with Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s remarks last week that Japan should become a society that doesn’t rely on nuclear energy, the overall sentiment against atomic power is gaining traction. MORE

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iflizwerequeen comments

Well, if Japan does it, perhaps more will follow and it will be one more chink in the myth that we must have nuclear power or fossil fuels to survive.

If earthquakes, tsunamis and the potential for volcanic eruptions are not enough to convince Japan of the folly of Nuclear power plants, perhaps the large and powerful typhoon moving toward the main archipelago Monday, with the Meteorological Agency warning of downpours, strong winds and high waves in southwestern and western Japan through Tuesday will convince them.

Bloomberg news reported that Tokyo Electric Power Co. was rushing to install a cover over a building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to shield it from wind and rain as Typhoon Ma-on approached the country’s coast from the south.

Proclaim the Queen!

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