fukushima power plant Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:58:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Japan to Continue Pursuing Nuclear Power, No Viable Alternatives Left https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japan-continue-nuclear-power-20110323/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japan-continue-nuclear-power-20110323/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:58:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17649 Even if the consequences had been among the ugliest since 1986's Chernobyl, if it's to think about it, the 40 year-old Fukushima nuclear plant survived a magnitude 9 earthquake, and was only affected by the tsunami - extreme conditions all over. A new interview with Hidehiko Nishiyama, a director general at Japan's trade ministry reveals the country's need for even more nuclear power.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japan-continue-nuclear-power-20110323/feed/ 0 17649 Fukushima Events Offer Bad Perspective on Nuclear Power: Dump It or Continue Making Technology Better? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fukushima-nuclear-plant-20110314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fukushima-nuclear-plant-20110314/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:18:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17512 I wanted to give people an insight to read these days about nuclear power, how clean it is if it works properly and how dirty and "sinful" it is when things like an earthquake and a tsunami both hit the respective power plants at the same time.

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