大飯原発設置許可取り消し判決(日記;英語版)
After the East Japan Great Earthequake and the re-sulting meltdown of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the residents of the six Kinki prefectures filed a claim that there was a problem with the safety of the Kansai Electric Power Ōii Nuclear Power Plant, which restarted. The decision of the trial seeking the cancellation of the instaration permission given to Kansai Electric Power by the Nuclear Regula-tory Commission was made by the Osaka District Court (Judge Mori Kagihajime), pointing out the illegal-ity of the dicision of the Regulatory Commission and revoking the installation permission. I think this decision is an epoch-making decision as a judicial decision in the trials over several nuclear power plants so far. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an inquiringbody in line with the national nuclear powe promotionpolicy, and although its expertise and academic knowl-edge are recognized, I think that it does not necessarily make a strict pursuit of the future safety of the people. Even if they have the ability to make extreme assump-tions (which a decent scholar must naturally have), if their that judgement conflicts with national policy, theyas soon as had fell into opportunism. Unless they are avery optimistic "scholar", they have probablyn't for-gotten the accidents that shook the world of nuclear power and nuclear power plants in the last 75 years, and I don't think they not verifying their specializeddata. ... The last 75 years is exactly my age. Early in the world's first criticality accident knownas the "devill's core", inwhich two person killed by a plutonium criticality accident (1945, 1946, USA) due to a careless experiment at the Los Alamos Institute. Chalk River Reactor Explosion (1952, Canada), Windscale Fire Accident (1957, USA), Partial Core Meltdown at Santa Susana Laboratory Accident (1959, USA). And numerous nuclear accidents that occurrent ineach country in the 1960s. 1970s, Greiswald Power Plant Fire (East germany),Bohunice Power Plant Reactor Fuel Melting Accident(1979, USA). Furthermore, in the 1980s, it was recorded as the radioactive material leakage accident (1980, France) due to the melting of fuel at the San Laurent de Zoe Nuclear Power Plant. And the first nuclear accident inJapan, the release of radioactive materials into theocean at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant and theexcessive exposure of its workers (1981, Fukuiprefecture). The INES level 7 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (1986, Soviet Union),Accidents in Brazil and Spain. In the 1990s, in Japan many nuclear accident occurred. Mihama, Hamaoka, Monju, Power Reactor Tōkai,Shiga, Tōkai Village. again Mihama. And on March 11, 2011, Fukushima Daiichi NuclearPower Station's INES level 7 accident, and on thesame day Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station's INES level 3 accident. March 18 Tokai Daini PowerStation accident, March 29 Onagawa Nuclear PowerStation accident. 2012, Tōkai reprocessing facility accident. 2017, The exposure accident at Ōarai Research and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Of these accidents, the Chernobyl and FukushimaDaiichi Nuclear Power Plants are INES level 7, thehighest "danger value" ever. "INES level" is the International Nuclear andRadiological Event Scale. There is such a truly disgraceful internationalrecord in Japan. Nevertheless, "The examination and judgement of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, whichapproved the installation of the Ōii Nuclear PowerPlant, has not considered the matters to be con-sidered, and the judgement is unreasonable," saidthe Osaka District Court, Judge Mori Kagihajime. The Japanese ( I don't means of course this"Japanese" is Japanese of all) say always they were unexpected about the mistakes they made, as see in traditional excuses at public institutions. I sus-pect they lack the ability to make "unexpected" assumptions. I think it exposes the lack of simu-lation ability and the irresponsibility and oppor-tunism of public officials. I think the Japanese military during the PacificWar lacked similar assumption and simulationcapabilities. Anyway, I think that the trend of unexpected excuses is overwhelming Japanese society, as if a robber who was held down on the scene re-gained his place. Without realizing that they are professing their "incompetence." I will remember the name judgementof the Osaka District Court, Mori Kagihajime.Tadami Yamada