[ZOOKER]

Unusual behavior from the Japanese.

Whatever happened to their fear and hatred of all things nuclear? The US Navy still gets protestors every time a ship that MIGHT have nuclear weapons docks in Japan. Are they no longer concerned about a nuclear accident? Is Godzilla really dead now?

If I were a Japanese industrialist I would let the EU build their expensive and dangerous plant, then build my own after they make all the mistakes. The new plant would be half the size, half the cost, and twice as efficient. Now that's the Japanese industry we're used to seeing.

[JasonC]

You are just misinformed. There is no such fear. Japan relies on nuclear energy for a large portion of its electric power. It has many nuclear power plants, running on plutonium, set up to operate as breeder reactors and make more fuel. They have for years. Incidentally, because of their plutonium infrastructure, Japan could be a first rate nuclear power - bigger than UK or France or China, behind only the US and Russia - any time it feels like it, within a matter of months.