“The Ultimate Catastrophe”

Former Ambassador: No. 4 Reactor A Top National Security Issue For Entire World — Could Start “The Ultimate Catastrophe”

Published: May 11th, 2012 at 2:28 pm ET
Courtesy Of "Energy News"

[...] Mitsuhei Murata, 74, a professor emeritus at Tokaigakuen University who once served as Japan’s ambassador to Switzerland, said, “The existence of the No. 4 reactor has become a major national security issue for the entire world that does not take a back seat even to North Korea’s missile issue.”

He had called for a halt to operations at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant even before the Great East Japan Earthquake struck last year, leading to the nuclear crisis.

“If an accident should occur at the No. 4 reactor, it could be called the start of the ultimate catastrophe for the world,” Murata said as a witness at an Upper House Budget Committee hearing in March. [...]