The Japan Times66%
Onagawa No. 2 reactor to be halted for inspection after radioactive steam detected 12%
By No Author47%
5/16/2026, 5:24:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 139 faulty-reasoning hits from 167 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28.7% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,889 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.60% of the article peer group.
Sendai - Tohoku Electric Power has said that it will halt the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture for inspection, following the detection of a trace of radioactive steam.
According to the company, around 5:10 p.m. on Friday, a patrolling worker confirmed that the steam was leaking out of a sump collecting wastewater from equipment in the basement of the reactor's turbine building.
The steam did not stop even after the valve connected to the sump was retightened.
The level of radioactivity in the water that accumulated on the surrounding floor was about one-thousandth of the government's reporting threshold.
The No. 2 reactor, which had been stopped for a periodic inspection, was restarted last Monday.
It resumed power generation late Thursday night and was scheduled to start commercial operations in early June.
The reactor was not affected by the earthquake that occurred off Miyagi Prefecture on Friday night.
Confirmation Bias
9.6%Confirmation Bias
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9.6%AuthorNo Author
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
12.6%Framing Effect
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12.6%AuthorNo Author
11.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
9.6%Status Quo Bias
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9.6%AuthorNo Author
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
10.2%Optimism Bias
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10.2%AuthorNo Author
4.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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2.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorNo Author
9.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
21%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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167 words analyzed.
Analysis
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