Rather than use energy sources that are a)dangerous (i.e. Chernobyl), b)expensive (construction, operation, maintenance, and decommisionning costs drive the price of electricity up), as well as c)the problem of hazardous waste disposal (half-life of 50,000 thousand years makes any attempts to plan containment, etc. unfeasible and unreasonable), I would much rather see the amazing level of Japanese ingenuity and technology spent on alternative energy sources such as solar, eolien, hydrothermic, wave, etc.
By researching, improving, implenting, and introducing these environmentally sound technologies, Japan would earn both recognition as well as financial compensation from patenting, selling, distrubuting these to the rest of the world. Come on and show the world what we could have, rather than going with a source of energy that solves none of the more serious problems.
Best Regards,
(Japan)
2005/6/2