Japan shut down ALL Nuclear Power plants:

[Tweenk]

google translate: "Has long been clear that this reactor has not already survived the earthquake, so the myth was disproved, only that the unusually high tsunami was responsible for the severe damage. Japan firmly held it long enough to have to draw any conclusions for the dangerous nuclear program."

This quote is nothing but speculation from an anti-nuclear journalist (which in Germany means almost any journalist, due to decades of fanatic propaganda against nuclear energy in that country). Here is something based on actual data.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS...t_0212111.html

[Svartalf]

In Japan, things are different. They require a complete revalidation of all systems before the government gives permission to restart. This can take anything up to (pre-Fukushima that is) 5 months! Quite why they take so long, when nearly every other country in the world, who operate reactors, can get the same inspections and validation done in 1 month is beyond me.

Because they're sitting on one of the most seismically active area that happens to have quite a lot of old boiler-style nuclear reactors. In their case, it's being excessively particular. If they didn't...there'd have been much more than what happened with Fukushima. (There'd have likely been at least two or more that did at least what happened there...)

Having said this... It's not nuclear power that's the problem- only the form being used.

[Qaridarium]

Having said this... It's not nuclear power that's the problem- only the form being used.

in fact the hole technique is obsolete cold fusion is save and ready to use.

right now the only problem with save and secure cold fusion is the low temperature stream only 150C but in fact it is possible to generate electricity.

a thermal runaway isn't possible with "low-energy" systems.

[fuzz]

in fact the hole technique is obsolete cold fusion is save and ready to use.

Wtf, seriously?

I expect to see energy change from current -> Solar (as prices get cheaper and methods get better) -> Fusion (hint: not cold fusion)

[Qaridarium]

Wtf, seriously?

I expect to see energy change from current -> Solar (as prices get cheaper and methods get better) -> Fusion (hint: not cold fusion)

hot fusion is only scientific academic research in fact and in practice the hot fusion is already obsolete!

hot fusion is to expensive and to dangerous because of the radiation.

in Germany we already hit the price range of normal consumer price this means if you buy solar panels to use your own electric energy you save a lot of money.

because the normal price is 25 cent per kilowatt and you already can make your own energy with solar panels for 16-20 cent per kilowatt.

sure i know in other countries the price is 10cent per kilowatt but just wait 10 years then the solar energy beat that price to!