{"id":7144,"date":"2015-04-07T06:38:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2015-04-07T06:38:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:38:51","slug":"the-chief-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-power-station-has-admitted-that-the-technology-needed-to-decommission-three-melted-down-reactors-does-not-exist-and-he-has-no-idea-how-it-will-be-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7144","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/04\/chief-fukushima-nuclear-power-station-admitted-technology-needed-decommission-three-melted-reactors-exist-idea-will-developed.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Containing Fukushima Is Beyond Current Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0<a title=\"reported\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/10\/fixing-fukushima-is-beyond-current-technology.html\">reported<\/a>\u00a0in 2012 that top nuclear experts say that the technology doesn\u2019t yet even\u00a0<em>exist<\/em>\u00a0to clean up Fukushima.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the head of the Fukushima nuclear plant\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0the head of decommissioning at Fukushima both say that the technology doesn\u2019t exist to clean up Fukushima, and it may not exist for hundreds of years \u2026 if ever.<\/p>\n<p>The Times of London\u00a0<a title=\"reported\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/news\/world\/asia\/article4394978.ece\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>\u00a0last month:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The chief of the Fukushima nuclear power station has admitted that\u00a0<strong>the technology needed to decommission three melted-down reactors does not exist, and he has no idea how it will be developed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a stark reminder of the challenge facing the Japanese authorities, Akira Ono conceded that the stated goal of decommissioning the plant by 2051 may be impossible without a giant technological leap.\u00a0<strong>\u201cThere are so many uncertainties involved. We need to develop many, many technologies,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. Ono said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>EneNews\u00a0<a title=\"notes\" href=\"http:\/\/enenews.com\/times-worst-possible-result-revealed-fukushima-plant-chief-centuries-pass-before-humans-invent-deal-molten-fuel-videos\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"NHK \u2018Nuclear Watch\u2019 transcript\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/english\/news\/features\/201503312108.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHK \u2018Nuclear Watch\u2019 transcript<\/a>, Mar 31, 2015 (<em>emphasis added<\/em>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>NHK<\/em>: The people trying to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been hit by setback after setback\u2026 and faced accusations of misconduct. It\u2019s lost them a lot of public trust\u2026\u00a0<strong>[Naohiro Masuda, president of Tepco\u2019s decommissioning company] revealed he\u2019s not sure if he can comply with the government set plan [for] removing the fuel<\/strong>\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed\u201d Containing Fukushima Is Beyond Current Technology We\u00a0reported\u00a0in 2012 that top nuclear experts say that the technology doesn\u2019t yet even\u00a0exist\u00a0to clean up Fukushima. Now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[340,579,580,4669],"class_list":["post-7144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-fukushima","tag-nuclear-power","tag-nuclear-radiation","tag-nuclear-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7145,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions\/7145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}