US EditionAs Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future
Fifteen reactors have restarted amid rising energy demands and shifting public opinion, with 51% now supporting nuclear restarts, government says.
- Japan experienced a nuclear disaster in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, leading to widespread evacuation and a major shift in nuclear power policy.
- Public opinion in Japan is gradually shifting back in favor of nuclear power, with around 51% support according to an Asahi newspaper survey, and efforts ongoing to restart reactors and develop safer technologies.
- Japan’s nuclear industry is focused on implementing safer reactor designs to prevent future disasters and anticipates growth in nuclear-related sales.
- A new generation is preparing to enter the nuclear sector, despite low student enrollment in nuclear courses compared to years before the Fukushima disaster.
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15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
The Toronto Star
An innkeeper in Fukushima measures radiation to revive her hometown, in photos
Monitors like innkeeper Tomoko Kobayashi share radiation data to revitalize towns people left after the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Associated Press News
15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown
Tomoko Kobayashi reopened her inn in northeastern Fukushima to bring a sense of normal life back to her deserted hometown five years after the nuclear disaster.
Japan reactivates nuclear power stations fifteen years after Fukushima, a decision that reopens wounds that have never been closed down. As the country recalls the worst nuclear disaster in its recent history, oil prices and geopolitical instability push the government to reconsider atomic energy as a strategic pillar. The decision comes at a particularly symbolic moment: this week marks the fifteenth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami th…
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