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Posted Wed Mar 23 2011: from New York Times:
Japan Extended Reactor's Life, Despite Warning http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1300840302
Just a month before a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant at the center of Japan's nuclear crisis, government regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at the power station despite warnings about its safety.
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'Doc Michael says:
What a relief! I thought this kind of stupidity only happened in the US.

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