“Fukushima is stamped for the rest of the history of nuclear energy,” said Kiyoshi Kurokawa, head of an investigation that concluded the disaster was “profoundly man-made”. The mass demonstrations against nuclear power seen in the wake of 3/11 have faded, but distrust lingers. “Restarts are not happening, so people think if they just wait, nuclear power will disappear.”NUCLEAR FUTURE BLEAK? “But in reality, the future of nuclear power is bleak.”(1 Japanese yen = $0.0094)Reporting by Linda Sieg. 3 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 10, 2016.

Source: Egypt Independent March 09, 2021 03:33 UTC