Message 2016.5.5
Dear Friends,
On 1st May, I received a phone call from an outstanding nuclear expert
working at the Fukushima Daiichi. He told me that a number of foreign
journalists asked him recently why the Japanese Government allows the
restarted Sendai nuclear reactors to continue their operations despite
the unceasing earthquakes and why mass media do not take up this
critical issue. He himself wonders why and he said he could only reply
he didn’t know. He expressed his serious fear that the containment
vessels will be destroyed if an earthquake with a vertical shock of
400~500 Gal takes place at the site, causing pipes ruptures. He added
that he was proposing the competent authorities to reduce the
generating power by 60%, if the temporary ceasing of operations is not
possible. He asked for my support.
Having felt the serious sense of crisis of the expert, I immediately
sent a message to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, informing him of the
contents of the telephone call. I reminded him of my message addressed
to him of 1 March, 2016 in which I pointed out that the international
community was increasingly critical of Japan for damaging the global
environment by radioactive contamination, reiterating my warning that
the destiny of the world is dependent on electric companies if the
lessons of Fukushima are forgotten. I concluded the message by
stressing that the crisis confronting Japan is not that of the
management of electric companies, but that of Japan as a nation. I
asked for his rapid decision to halt the operations of the Sendai
reactors.
In this message , I referred to former Prime Minister Koizumi’s visit
to the States and its probable global impact and to the Ise-shima
Summit that could not but unofficially take up the Sendai reactors
issue.
The crisis confronting Japan calls for global attention.
Please allow me to count on your understanding and support.
With warmest regards,
Mitsuhei Murata
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