Former NRC Head: Fukushima a Call to Phase Out Nukes
Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief Gregory Jaczko is stressing that the only way to prevent nuclear accidents is to phase out nuclear power completely.
Jaczko was head of the body when an earthquake and tsunami triggered the March 11, 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, and was speaking at events to mark the anniversary.
“The lesson has to be: This kind of accident is unacceptable to society. And that’s not me saying it. That’s society saying that,” he said while in Tokyo.
Speaking to the Japan Times, Jaczko said that the Fukushima disaster prompted his re-think about nuclear power and the inevitable fallibility of safety measures.
“The question Japan has to ask itself is: Is the country willing to have another accident? And if the answer is no, then the answer has to be no more nuclear power,” he said in a separate interview.
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