The nuclear power plant in Ooi re-worked from July 1st. It was the first case after the accident in Fukushima.
Why Japanese government dicided to re-work? Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.(Kan-Den) has 11 nuclear power plants. This is percentage of electric power in Kan-Den. Surprisingly the nuclear power is the highest percentag. Since the government dicided to stop the all nuclear power plants, it couldn't supply enough electricity.
If it doesn't rework the nuclear power plants, the poeple who live in the Kansai area have to save 15% of using electricity in this summer(By 節電.go.jp ). By the way, Tokyo Electric Power CO.,Inc.(To-Den) could save 18&% of it(by YOMIURI ONLINE). And it was hard, wasn't it? But we realized that we had used much more electlicity than we need.
So the Japanese government dicided to rework one of nuclear plants in Ooi to keep supply of electricity. But more than 20,000 people gathered in front of the official residence to protest aginst the re-woking.
But they are poeple who live in Kansai? They think about Kansai poeple? The nuclear power plants have danger. It is true, we felt it by 3.11. In the other hand, there are many people who have got much benefit from them. People who work there, people who live in Ooi; they recieve money from government and Kan-Den, and so on. We have to think about them because they are not bad people and they just make a living.
Just saying "Stop Nuclear Electrisity!" is nonsense. Because we already know about it and it can't move the government. So we have to think about human life(include people who live in Ooi) and offer new type of generation. It's not easy way. But now we have to dicide our future.
Sayuri
Very interesting and good article, Sayuri! The problem of nuclear power plants is one of the most difficult and important topics that we, Japanese have to think about now. We used to use these because we needed them. The electricity by the environmental friendly power plants was totally not enough. When it comes to Europe, it is easier for them to exchange the electricity between the countries but it is hard for us to do that because japan is an island. We have to make all our own electricity that we need by ourselves. So as you said in the last part of the article, just saying “No Nuclear Electricity!” is childish and nonsense. Well, it doesn’t mean I support the nuclear power plants, the thing is that we have to think about this problem deeply, and carefully.
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