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Monday, March 26, 2012

Patience Needed in Post-Fukushima Japan

Patience Needed in Post-Fukushima Japan

One year after the 9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Japan may still face a nuclear energy crisis. The country was already forced to take on more fossil fuels to offset the loss of nuclear power and could now face a summer of energy shortages given expected shutdowns at its nuclear reactors. Renewables may provide an answer, though the Asian economy may need to muster some political will so that it doesn't lose another decade, but this time to energy. Japan after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power…Read more...

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