sulting meltdown of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station, the residents of the six Kinki
prefectures filed a claim that there was a problem
with the safety of the Kansai Electric Power Ōii Nuclear
Power Plant, which restarted. The decision of the trial
seeking the cancellation of the instaration permission
given to Kansai Electric Power by the Nuclear Regula-
tory Commission was made by the Osaka District
Court (Judge Mori Kagihajime), pointing out the illegal-
ity of the dicision of the Regulatory Commission and
revoking the installation permission.

a judicial decision in the trials over several nuclear
power plants so far.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an inquiring
body in line with the national nuclear powe promotion
policy, and although its expertise and academic knowl-
edge are recognized, I think that it does not necessarily
make a strict pursuit of the future safety of the people.
Even if they have the ability to make extreme assump-

their that judgement conflicts with national policy, they
as soon as had fell into opportunism. Unless they are a
very optimistic "scholar", they have probablyn't for-
gotten the accidents that shook the world of nuclear
power and nuclear power plants in the last 75 years,
and I don't think they not verifying their specialized
data. ... The last 75 years is exactly my age.

Early in the world's first criticality accident known
as the "devill's core", inwhich two person killed by a
plutonium criticality accident (1945, 1946, USA) due
to a careless experiment at the Los Alamos Institute.

Windscale Fire Accident (1957, USA), Partial Core
Meltdown at Santa Susana Laboratory Accident
(1959, USA).
And numerous nuclear accidents that occurrent in
each country in the 1960s.

Bohunice Power Plant Reactor Fuel Melting Accident
(1979, USA).
Furthermore, in the 1980s, it was recorded as the
radioactive material leakage accident (1980, France)
due to the melting of fuel at the San Laurent de Zoe
Nuclear Power Plant. And the first nuclear accident in
Japan, the release of radioactive materials into the
ocean at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant and the
excessive exposure of its workers (1981, Fukui
prefecture). The INES level 7 accident at the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (1986, Soviet Union),
Accidents in Brazil and Spain.
In the 1990s, in Japan many nuclear accident
occurred.
Mihama, Hamaoka, Monju, Power Reactor Tōkai,
Shiga, Tōkai Village. again Mihama.
And on March 11, 2011, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station's INES level 7 accident, and on the
same day Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station's
INES level 3 accident. March 18 Tokai Daini Power
Station accident, March 29 Onagawa Nuclear Power
Station accident.
2012, Tōkai reprocessing facility accident.
2017, The exposure accident at Ōarai Research
and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency.

Of these accidents, the Chernobyl and Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants are INES level 7, the
highest "danger value" ever.
"INES level" is the International Nuclear and
Radiological Event Scale.
There is such a truly disgraceful international
record in Japan.
Nevertheless, "The examination and judgement
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which
approved the installation of the Ōii Nuclear Power
Plant, has not considered the matters to be con-
sidered, and the judgement is unreasonable," said
the Osaka District Court, Judge Mori Kagihajime.

The Japanese ( I don't means of course this
"Japanese" is Japanese of all) say always they were
unexpected about the mistakes they made, as see
in traditional excuses at public institutions. I sus-
pect they lack the ability to make "unexpected"
assumptions. I think it exposes the lack of simu-
lation ability and the irresponsibility and oppor-
tunism of public officials.
I think the Japanese military during the Pacific
War lacked similar assumption and simulation
capabilities.
Anyway, I think that the trend of unexpected
excuses is overwhelming Japanese society, as if
a robber who was held down on the scene re-
gained his place. Without realizing that they are
professing their "incompetence."

I will remember the name judgement
of the Osaka District Court, Mori Kagihajime.

Tadami Yamada

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