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I'm all for clean nuclear power. I was very disappointed when Merkel decided to go all in on banishing it for more gas but one thing that puzzles me is that Jap
by tomatowurst 5y ago
I'm all for clean nuclear power. I was very disappointed when Merkel decided to go all in on banishing it for more gas but one thing that puzzles me is that Japan is seismologically active so I am curious to exactly the nature of this survey. What was the sample size and who was behind it?
The article makes it seem like most of Japan is over Fukushima disaster but in reality speaking with colleagues who are there and have better sense of the local's consensus do not reflect what is being highlighted in this survey.
Most certainly the reactors would be located near the coast line and from this historical earthquake chart you can see why there would be widespread concern about building even more nuclear power plants.
https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Activities/image/earth-fig01.png https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Activities/image/earth-fig01.pn... [1]
So again I'm quite skeptical of this article and it's survey that its citing. Even more weird are the comments that seem to be completely oblivious to what the actual perception is amongst Japanese citizens, and some even seem primarily motivated financially somewhat using languages like "bulls" and "FUD". Just very bizarre to see wallstreetbet linguo discounting the very real opposition to nuclear power in Japan (due to the seismological risks).
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1. Japan Meteorological Agency