WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Fears Over China's Nuclear Safety

The Guardian:

China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident by opting for cheap technology that will be 100 years old by the time dozens of its reactors reach the end of their lifespans, according to diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Beijing.

The warning comes weeks after the government in Beijing resumed its ambitious nuclear expansion programme, that was temporarily halted for safety inspections in the wake of the meltdown of three reactors in Fukushima, Japan.

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[SUSHI OSASHIMI]

01:18 PM on 08/26/2011

Like the recent high-speed train accident in China, "Made in China" nuke plants must be "very safe".
For a safer, and a better world, "Fukushima 3/11 & Japan's Government. WHY IT SUCKS" will give you a clue to our future, with or without nuclear power. http://www.amazon.com/Fukushima-Japans-Government-SUCKS-ebook/dp/B005HFZZTE

[Terry Floyd]

03:54 AM on 08/26/2011

The CONVENIENT TRUTH is the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) is

The EARTH FRIENDLY REACTOR.

China is building LFTRs now.

http://whb.news365.com.cn/yw/201101/t20110126_2944856.htm

20110128 wenhui.news365.com.cn

In an interview with CAS Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics

Xu Hongjie

Said as follows; {my slant on the google translation}”

As the world's next generation of nuclear reactors still under development, so our own research and development of thorium-based molten salt reactor{LFTR Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor}, may be all intellectual property rights. This will enable China to firmly grasp the lifeline of energy in their own hands.

Let the {word} "nuclear" no longer {be threatening}.

In the past, people always talk about {disastrous} "nuclear" {events} . Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, is like a lingering nightmare to stay in human history. But a new generation of nuclear power {LFTR} will be a green, {path to} peace {for all} mankind into a new era.”

{The Thorium Age}

Robert Hargraves : THORIUM ENERGY CHEAPER THAN FROM COAL ~ AIM HIGH!

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=BOoBTufkE­og

http://www.coal2nuclear.com/

energyfromthorium.com

[ThinkCreeps]

07:22 AM on 08/26/2011

Too cheap to meter... blah.. blah.. blah..

Jolly good. I look forward to the exciting opportunities for developing new robotic cleanup technologies to make the insides of these new plants safe after the first accident.

[Terry Floyd]

04:28 PM on 08/26/2011

Thinkcreeps Its time seriously to begin training for your new job.

There will be a pop test, so pay attention. Watch the following videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOoBTufkEog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vzotsvvkw

[Atoms4Peace1]

08:55 AM on 08/27/2011

where is our flying cars? That line came out about the same time as the "too cheap" prognostication.

Who cleans up the mess after an airplane crash? Bodies everywhere.

Life is precious. You cant cherry pick your risks even when nuclear is much less.

[pablitop]

07:53 PM on 08/25/2011

This is worrisome.

[blarneydude]

05:33 PM on 08/25/2011

Wow. Silly me. I was worrying about unimportant stuff.

Here we have totally unfettered capitalism working hand in hand with a state ideology that would still make Chairman Mao proud. China's nuclear program is a perfect-storm catastrophe waiting to happen.

[Atoms4Peace1]

08:56 AM on 08/27/2011

China doesnt care what you think. They will just press on. THey kill a lot of miners getting out the coal.

[mjeffn]

03:48 PM on 08/25/2011

China is show us a thing or two about how to totally commitment to capitalism.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:23 AM on 08/26/2011

It is, and without oversight and liability, it's showing us how to reach a new dawn in train safety, lead poisoning, child labor, mine safety, and soon reactor safety.

[Atoms4Peace1]

08:57 AM on 08/27/2011

Agreed. They own the US now. Why should they care what we think?

They are going full steam ahead with their nuclear projects.

Lets see some antinukes go over there. LOL. They'd be put in prison.

[alvdh1]

02:23 PM on 08/25/2011

In essence, China appears to be opening the nuclear throttle without considering the disaster pieces they will have to pick up at a later date.

[David Gelman]

02:09 PM on 08/25/2011

Wow if china does this Nuke fallout