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Six years after Fukushima, much of Japan has lost faith in nuclear power

  • Written by Tatsujiro Suzuki, Professor and Director, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University
imageAnti-nuclear demonstration in front of the Japanese Diet, June 22, 2012.Matthias Lambrecht/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Six years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, but Japan is still dealing with its impacts. Decommissioning the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses unprecedented technical challenges. More than 100,000...

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