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This R&D provides resources on Japan’s use of nuclear power. Since Japan is starved of energy resources it has relied on nuclear power for nearly 40% of its energy needs. However, the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led to a shutdown of the country’s nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed for restarting nuclear power plants, arguing that it is a national security issue, but environmentalists say that the only way to keep Japan safe is to move to renewable resources such as solar power.
Ex-Japan PM: nuclear power remains unsafe and too costly https://t.co/dMjeht58CI #hinkley #Fukushima
— Kevin Sharpe (@IronMillTech) March 15, 2016
Five years after tsunami in Japan, many still can’t return home due to nuclear contamination https://t.co/y8FjRNXk6t pic.twitter.com/2yqmP84knO
— AJE News (@AJENews) March 11, 2016
Court orders shut down of 1 of Japan’s 2 operating nuclear plants for safety reasons, in blow to reactor restarts: https://t.co/aHHOEqGqmS
— Martin Fackler (@facklernyt) March 10, 2016