By MATTHEW SALTMARSH
Published: June 7, 2011
PARIS — International energy ministers and officials of nuclear agencies pledged support Tuesday for a global push to improve safety tests at nuclear power plants.
The pledge emerged from a meeting in Paris that also highlighted divergent national approaches to the sector following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
The meeting, described as an “informal seminar,” was suggested by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France at a Group of 8 leaders’ meeting last month.
Full story at www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/business/global/08nuke.html
Sure, the French are sweating bullets, having committed to a nuclear economy that is increasingly obvious to have been a bad decision. So Sarkozy's driving this thing, having a meeting where everyone agrees "There was a general, uncontested agreement from everyone at the meeting that nuclear safety must come first — whether it’s a question of more or less nuclear power. And that depends on international cooperation." AND NOW they can all say they're doing something. But they can't change the laws of nature and they can't eliminate natural disasters and crime and terrorism and insanity and stupidity and accidents so nuclear power is always going to be dangerous UNTIL ALL THOSE THINGS GO AWAY WHICH THEY NEVER CAN SO NUCLEAR POWER IS INHERENTLY UNSAFE. That is what should have been concluded at that meeting and even though some governments are smart enough and responsible enough to do the right thing (Switzerland and Germany for starters, and the Italian people at least if not their government) and end nuclear power in their countries, period. So this meeting is nothing but window dressing designed so that Sarkozy can assure his constituents that he is doing something about the issue, even though by not ending nuclear power in France he is doing the wrong thing. Shame on you Mister Sarkozy, are you for sale too like the American government?
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