Anti-Nuclear Sentiment and Japan’s Energy Choices (Daniel P. Aldrich, Sheila A. Smith, CFR)

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, many believed that Japan would use the incident to rethink its energy plans, particularly nuclear energy policies. For more than four decades Japan has sought to create one of the world’s most advanced commercial nuclear industries, complete with fuel recycling and mixed oxide fuel use. Yet, since retaking power in 2012, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remains strongly committed to nuclear power after the nuclear meltdowns. Why has Japan stayed the course while other nations have abandoned nuclear power?

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2016/04/12/anti-nuclear-sentiment-and-japans-energy-choices/