Right, and ultimately Japan has decided the safest and I assume cheapest route with these reactors wasn't to rebuild but rather to decommission.

These reactors can be made safer, but they all still have a foundational design flaw which means the ultimate goal should be replacing rather than continually spending money reinforcing.

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leonidasrup 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

On the contrary, Japan is changing it's energy policy and restarting it's nuclear reactors.

"Japan’s Energy Plan: New Policy Shifts Nuclear Power Stance from Reduction to Maximization"

https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d01195/

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat...

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cogman10 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Hmm, I may have been too vague. When I stated "these" I was talking specifically about the Fukushima plants and not Japan's policy for reactors nationally.

Are they planning on restarting the Fukushima plants? I didn't think they were.

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mpweiher 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The Fukushima plants were completely destroyed by the meltdowns and subsequent Hydrogen explosions that were caused by the Tsunami.

There was never any chance of "restarting" them, so not sure why you brought that up.

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cogman10 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Because I'm confused at to what the

> On the contrary

was about. Contrary to what?

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mpweiher 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Contrary to your claim Japan is not shutting down its nuclear reactors. It is restarting them.

	▲	cogman10 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not a claim I made.

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pqtyw 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All nuclear reactors are massively safer than coal power plants though. If you excluded climate change and Co2 emissions entirely and measured harm/deaths adjusted by the amount of power generated the difference would be astronomical.