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Japan Needs to Completely Phase Out Nuclear Power, Says Prime Minister

11:00 am in japan, News, nucleare power, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

japan prime minister naoto kan nuclear power photo Photo: Flickr, CC A Change of Heart The words above are those of Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister. He used to be in favor of nuclear power, as long as the proper safeguards were in place, but the neverending crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi seems to have changed his mind. "As I've experienced the March 11 accident, I came to realize the risk of nuclear energy is too intense," Kan said. "It involves technology that cannot be controlled by our conventional concept of safet...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Merkel Says Germany Needs 20GW of Fossil-Fuel Power Plants Over Next 10 Years

2:21 pm in alternative energy, germany, News, nucleare power by TreeHugger

Angela Merkel germany photo Photo: Wikipedia, CC To Replace Nuclear Power Plants Scheduled to be Shut Down Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, announced that her country would need to build a lot of fossil fuel power plants to pick up the slack from nuclear power plants that are scheduled to be shut down. She said: "If we want to exit nuclear energy and enter renewable energy, for the transition time we need ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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