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According to WikiLeaks Japanese authorities serially ignored warnings on security lapses in nuclear plants - Gross negligence?
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March 16th, 2011
“The Japanese government may have failed to show due diligence in acting on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warning on security shortcomings in the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to reports. The international nuclear watchdog had alerted the Japanese authorities about two years ago that its nuclear power plants may not be able to survive strong earthquakes, diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks showed. Though the Japanese authorities created an emergency response center at the Fukushima plant, the fact that the plant was designed to withstand only a magnitude 7 quake remained unaddressed. The report also says that a G-8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group in 2008 had also alerted the country over the safety of its nuclear power plants. A leaked US embassy cable had an unnamed official saying that the guidance on how to protect nuclear power stations from earthquakes had only been updated three times in the past 35 years.”
If this is true, the world should be outraged. What’s your take on this?
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