Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Nuclear Restart Generates Power, Protest in Japan

National Geographic: Every Friday evening they gather before Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's residence. The first rally in March was modest: a few hundred citizens joined against nuclear power, marking the anniversary of the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daiichi disaster a year earlier. But in recent weeks, since Noda decided to restart two of Japan's 54 idled nuclear reactors, the protest has swelled into a mass demonstration blocking the streets of Japan's political center. Building on their Friday...

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/07/120716-japan-nuclear-restart-protests/
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