Pork-Barrel Patronage in the Prefectures: the Proliferation of Nuclear Power Plants

Susan Carpenter

Chapter 6 in Japan’s Nuclear Crisis, 2012, pp 143-179 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract On 6 May 2011 Prime Minister Kan called for the immediate suspension of operations at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant because it sits directly above the Tokai fault line where seismologists predict an earthquake over the magnitude of 8.0 could hit at any time during the next thirty years. Altogether there were five reactors at Hamaoka. No. 1 and No. 2 reactors had already been decommissioned since 2009. A sixth reactor has been under construction since December 2008.

Keywords: Nuclear Power Plant; International Atomic Energy Agency; Spend Fuel; Government Subsidy; Secondary Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230363717_7

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