Ooi Nuclear Power Plant Restart Talk: Noda Administration Releases the Summary of the Cabinet Meeting Without Names of Attendees

The cabinet ministers joined Prime Minister Noda in a meeting on April 3, 2012 to discuss the conditions for restarting Ooi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture. The administration released the summary of the meeting today (not the minutes), and all the names except for the prime minister were deleted.

Talk about clarity and transparency.

From Mainichi Shinbun (4/9/2012):

政府は９日、関西電力大飯原発の再稼働をめぐり３日に初開催した関係閣僚会合の議事概要を公開した。７０分間の会合に対し概要はＡ４判２ページ強。安全性の判断基準を示すよう指示した野田佳彦首相以外は発言者を匿名とした。

On April 9, the Noda Administration released the summary of the first meeting of the cabinet ministers on April 3 over the restart of Ooi Nuclear Power Plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Company. The meeting was 70-minute long, but the summary is slightly over 2 pages on A4-size paper. Names of the ministers who spoke were not made public except for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who instructed the ministers to show him the standard to judge safety.

　原子力安全・保安院が同原発の緊急安全対策やストレステスト結果を説明したのに対し、出席者からは「炉心損傷に至らない多重の防護があると分かりやすく整理すべきだ」「さらに対策を講じて世界一の安全性を目指すべきだ」など、再稼働に前向きな意見が出た。

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency explained the emergency safety measures at the plant and the result of the stress test. The attending ministers expressed positive opinions for the restart, saying "We should explain the multiple protections to prevent core meltdown better so that it is easier to understand", and "We should take additional measures to make it the safest plant in the world."

　藤村修官房長官は９日の記者会見で、今後も会合から１週間後をめどに概要を公表する方針を示した。

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura indicated in the April 9 press conference that he would release the meeting summaries one week after the meetings.

Yes, let's. No.1 in the world.

The greatest threat to any nuclear power plant in Japan is the government and the plant operator.

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