Nuclear's best friends turn cold shoulder after Fukushima

Nuclear's best friends turn cold shoulder after Fukushima

The News International - ‎18 hours ago‎

LONDON: The nuclear industry was dealt a big blow on Friday when two of the most nuclear-friendly countries decided to exit or sharply curb their reliance on the technology following a public opinion backlash after the Fukushima accident in Japan last year. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-132067-Nuclears-best-friends-turn-cold-shoulder-after-Fukushima

Nuclear champions Japan and France drop their support

The Age - ‎

Two of nuclear power's greatest champions dealt the industry a heavy blow on Friday, with Japan deciding to phase out its plants and France confirming plans to cut its heavy reliance on the technology following concern over the Fukushima disaster. Japan ...

Japan to complete reactors despite no-nuclear policy

Bangkok Post - ‎1

This file photo shows a plant to extract plutonium and uranium from spent nuclear fuel, at Rokkasho village in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan, in 2006. Japan said it would go ahead with planned work to complete three new nuclear power reactors, two of ...

Japan plans to phase out nuclear power

Boston Globe -

TOKYO — Japan said Friday that it would seek to phase out nuclear power by 2040, a historic shift for a country that has long staked its future on nuclear energy but one that falls far short of the bold steps that the government had promised in the wake of the ...

Japan's startling energy plan: Nuclear-free by 2030s

Detroit Free Press - ‎

LOS ANGELES -- The Japanese government announced a dramatic turn in its energy policy Friday, vowing to make the densely populated island nation nuclear-free by the 2030s. Last year's tsunami-triggered disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power ...

Japan Seeks Slow Nuclear Phase-Out

Wall Street Journal - ‎

By TAKASHI MOCHIZUKI, MARI IWATA and CHESTER DAWSON. TOKYO—The Japanese government unveiled a long-term energy plan that seeks an end to nuclear power by 2040, responding to strong antinuclear sentiment but stopping short of a clear ...