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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by throw10920 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:38AM (#34093663)
This is a really good point - what measure of assurance do we (or, rather, the Japanese public) have that Japanese government officials and power company execs won't make the same mistakes again? Have any of the responsible parties been penalized at all?

Even if the technology advances, if the problem was the people last time, technology alone won't be enough.

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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by lkbm on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:38PM (#34096026)
I don't know about individuals in the government, but the government was held liable for some amount (seemingly <$10MM)[0][1] and top company executives were fined tens of billions[2].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/japanese-gover...

[1] https://archive.vn/UnavD

[2] https://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/191735/Former-Fukus...

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Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift by fomine3 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @07:32PM (#34100896)
Before the accident, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, who promotes nuclear, also did regulation. It shouldn't be. After the accident, Nuclear Regulation Authority was made. They inspect nuclear plants strictly so some plants is stopped despite energy company want to operate.
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