Seeing this idea, I was disappointed.

Though Japanese government advocates to become decarbonized society by 2050, one parliamentary group of the government seriously mention “nuclear power is necessary for the accomplishment”. (Sorry for the article is only in Japanese.) And one of the member said the number of nuclear plant should increase.

The nuclear power has few emissions of CO2 however, it is causing the effect of radioactive substances and nuclear wastes. Carbon neutral is only one of the highest priority of SDGs action, and it does not mean it allows to ignore any other environmental issues.

It is stupid to consider with only existing method toward such a challenging goal. Though we must find new way to solve them, such immediate effect idea is quite short-sighted. They do not understand the means of SDGs.

Of course, the technical improvement of nuclear power would be conducted, but the critical issue of radioactive substance will not disappear soon. For example, it takes 30-40 years for decommissioning of Fukushima plant. Can we leave long-term problems for sustainable future?

I do not blindly mention anti-nuclear plant. What should be pointed out is the lack of their imagination. They see only the word “carbon neutral”.

I believe their simplistic idea would not realize because they would have to face an emotional question below: Did you forget the tremendous earthquake and tsunami only 10 years ago?