Friday, January 11, 2013

Japan seeks to reverse commitment to phase out nuclear power

Guardian: Almost two years after the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant sent shockwaves around the world, Japan's government is attempting to resell the nuclear dream to a traumatised public. Japan appeared to have ended its addiction to nuclear power when the previous centre-left government pledged last year to phase out all of the country's 50 working reactors by 2040. The announcement marked a dramatic shift from pre-Fukushima plans to increase Japan's dependence on nuclear from 30%...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/11/japan-reverse-nuclear-phase-out
Enclosure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1uDnIPTvo

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