TEPCO needs to be nationalized. I know I am going to get a lot of flack from FReepers for saying that, but there has been far too much hanky-panky, ass-covering, mealy-mouthed bull feces from these people for me to trust them in this situation.
I want the Japanese government to pry those damn reactors out of TEPCOs incompetent fingers then I want an international commission of the world’s finest nuclear scientists and engineers brought in, given full and complete access to all the data, and a solid, workable engineering plan developed to deal with this crisis, which is arguably a worldwide concern.
I live less than 150 km from these reactors. I pay a TEPCO bill every month and have seen my electricity prices jump between 25 and 40 percent from the same time last year, and I am NOT HAPPY WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!
Turn Japan into Venezuela?
Be safe Ronin!
Was the problem ever that TEPCO needed to make a profit? Or was it that it was never able to keep its rates at a level where it could afford to do preventive maintenance? A lot of countries use private utilities as a piggy bank to buy votes.