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The nuclear power plant accident isn't something that "happened". It is still happening. This is the difference between nuclear accidents and natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes. How long will it continue to happen? Considering the half-life of radioactive materials, it will most likely continue indefinitely. So when did it start happening? March 11th? No. This accident has been happening since the power plant first began operation.

Nuclear power is a form of power which is inherently dependant on accident management. The word "management" is a key word to think about when discussing nuclear power plants and the age of nuclear power energy. Management should be distinguished from solution. Neither the nuclear power industry, nor the current accident, offer us any fundamental solutions. What is at stake in this age is to how to "manage" this unresolved problem.

The age of human-focused and human-sourced power is coming to an end. Rather the age in which we must manage a bigger power, a power bigger than life itself has now arrived. It is no coincidence that both nuclear power and surfing have become widespread during precisely the same period of time. We are not living in an age of revolution. Nor are we living in a time in which a definite solution to these problems exist. We are living with unresolved problems, and in a time of uprising.

Jun Hirose
Born in Tokyo in 1971 he graduated from the Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 Department of Cinema and AV Studies. Currently, he is a full-time lecturer at Ryukoku University Faculty of Management and on the editorial committee of Vertigo magazine (a French magazine on cinema critique). His books include Philosophie de la bonne chère (2005), Le Plus Petit Circuit de la lutte (2006), Asambleas en lucha (2009), Du ciné-capital (2009). Hirose's translation works are Paolo Virno's Grammatica della moltitudine (2004), Toni Negri's Arte e Multitudo (2004), and Goodbye Mr. Socialism (2008). He currently teaches in the faculty of business administration at Ryukoku University in Kyoto.

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Conceived and Organized by Sakiko Sugawa (hanare)

English Text Translated by Takaaki Yamane and Sandra Stevens