More Nuclear Absurdities: Tepco Denies PhysicsRichard Wilcox, Contributor Their statement is not appalling: it is 100 percent totally absurd. I hesitate to make the following charge, and I may be wrong (I hope I am), because one does not want to generalize or falsely accuse. But having lived in Japan for many years I believe that Tepco was making a racist slur against Gundersen personally. Such a ridiculous answer on their part cannot be taken seriously, thus, they were telling Arnie, why dont you row your boat back to Amerika, whitey. Middle-age Japanese men, in particular, can have exclusionary attitudes toward outsiders. The same convoluted logic applies to Tepcos previous failure: Gundersen was also stumped at Tepcos attitude to ignore international calls for improving the Fukushima nuclear situation, and the generous offers of help from international experts. He noted that I suggest readers have a look at this German documentary made some time ago which helped to galvanize concern about the Unit 4 situation (2). Inspect the faces of these sad gentlemen when questioned by the interviewer about the safety of Unit 4 (click the captions icon for English, at the 5:40 minute mark). Note the frowns, clasped hands and worry, as well as the unbearable tension in the room. Perhaps the reason that Japan is not allowing independent advisors or inspectors to help save the Pacific Ocean (now Japans private dumping ground) could be that Japan, like many nations, retains the right to build nuclear weapons, whether secretly or according to law. As my colleague Tony Boys pointed out, based on his own research and the research of Yoichi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, Reactor 4 may have been a secret nuclear weapons production site (3). Although Japan has no stated production program, it is publicly admitted by those who support the idea that having plenty of nuclear bomb material on hand is prudent. Strictly speaking, if other countries are going to develop nuclear weapons, it is logical for states to want to develop them for defensive purposes (i.e. the arms race). But shouldnt Japan be more honest about this, and if the country is going to be destroyed by its own nuclear accidents how do nuclear weapons offer security and protection for the country? Of course, whatever the Japanese people themselves think about these issues is irrelevant. A recent government poll, funded by the taxpayers, found that 90 percent of the 90,000 people that participated in the poll want to abolish nuclear power. However, the poll was just a public relations ruse, a cynical joke to profit government think tanks and university professors, and never was meant to be taken seriously. Apparently the people who voted are biased and therefore their votes were disqualified! In the end the rulers will decide Japans future and stick with nuclear power whether the people like it or not (6; 7; 8). 