Yes. Ohi (sometimes spelled O'i) units 3 and 4 have been restarted to meet summer peak demands.
Business interests are pushing to restart more reactors to cut electric costs and improve their competitive position. IIUC, utilities are asking the same, so that their thermal powerplants can be shut down for some much-needed maintenance. Then you have the panicked fission-phobes, attributing anything and everything to radiation—even the unscheduled departure of their Olympic team from opening ceremonies.
Tokyo doesn't have a large square in order to prevent a mass rally. So people tend to get together in pedestrian deck first then later in the main road.
The number of people who started demonstration was 30 in May and every Friday they get together for this purpose. 16th of July was a national holiday. Turnout was two hundred thousands.
They started making a circle around Diet building and trying to come closer, and this is a good idea because Diet is the highest power in japan.
Demonstration or mass rally is completely peaceful and it has been starting to move general atmosphere about radiation in government policy little by little.
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On 16th of July people gathered before Diet.
Is this to do with their decision to restart some reactors?
ReplyDeleteYes. Ohi (sometimes spelled O'i) units 3 and 4 have been restarted to meet summer peak demands.
ReplyDeleteBusiness interests are pushing to restart more reactors to cut electric costs and improve their competitive position. IIUC, utilities are asking the same, so that their thermal powerplants can be shut down for some much-needed maintenance. Then you have the panicked fission-phobes, attributing anything and everything to radiation—even the unscheduled departure of their Olympic team from opening ceremonies.
Yes, the reason they were there is so, that's it.
ReplyDeleteTokyo doesn't have a large square in order to prevent a mass rally. So people tend to get together in pedestrian deck first then later in the main road.
The number of people who started demonstration was 30 in May and every Friday they get together for this purpose. 16th of July was a national holiday. Turnout was two hundred thousands.
They started making a circle around Diet building and trying to come closer, and this is a good idea because Diet is the highest power in japan.
Demonstration or mass rally is completely peaceful and it has been starting to move general atmosphere about radiation in government policy little by little.
Dear Eiko Onoda,
ReplyDeleteThis site is closing down, so we are moving to Live Journal, and then somewhere else that is undecided.
My new address will be http://morosopher.livejournal.com/ and some of the respondents to my post or posts will be amongst us. If you wish to, you could join and add some of us to your friends list.
I hope to see you there, or elsewhere.
Best,
Tim.
He's already dusted off his LJ. http://mercedo.livejournal.com/
ReplyDeleteThanks! Tim,
ReplyDeleteI refurbished my old site in LiveJournal and started using it again..
See you there!
Eiko