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The first "independent" review of the safety failures during Japan's nuclear disaster reveals some chillingly obvious "lessons" to be learned

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The first "independent" review of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was released today and there is no reassuring reading.

This, in other words, says that the unexpected will occur and tacitly admits it can't be planned for.

For these deadlines are unforeseen events is a certainty, with enormously expensive consequences. The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were extreme, and try the IAEA report, argues that new nuclear security rules should learn lessons from the failure to manage the system in Fukushima.

But the real lesson is that it is impossible to cover all eventualities. This means that nuclear energy is not safe, or, given the huge rehabilitation costs, cheap. Unfortunately, I think it is an illusory answer to the problem of rising greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.