Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s

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After seeing what the devastating earthquakes did to its nuclear power plants, Japan vows to give up nuclear energy. In 2030


Japan will abandon nuclear power within the next three decades under new government policy on the post-Fukushima energy mix, a newspaper said.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration will declare its intention to permanently shut down reactors by some time in the 2030s, the Mainichi Shimbun reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed government sources.

The move would bring resource-poor Japan into line with Germany, which has said it will wean itself off nuclear power by 2022, and comes as regular vocal protests against nuclear power continue.

The government "will formally decide at an energy and environment meeting this weekend" to stop the use of nuclear, the paper said.


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It's amazing how a poor US design can mess up a whole industry.

Who in their right mind thinks that having a containment pond, ie a swimming pool full of spent fuel rods, on the TOP floors of a building, is a good idea to withstand earthquakes.

Water runs down hill, wouldn't it make sense to have the ponds in the lowest part of the facility? I guess not, it costs more.