Nuclear Power's Prospects Cool a Decade After Fukushima Meltdowns « nuclear-news
Nuclear Power’s Prospects Cool a Decade After Fukushima Meltdowns Disaster at the Japanese reactors marked a turning point for an industry that once promised to give the world a nearly unlimited source of energy WSJ, By Peter Landers, March 3, 2021 OMAEZAKI, Japan—At a seaside nuclear-power plant here, a concrete wall stretching a mile along the coast and towering 73 feet above sea level offers protection against almost any conceivable tsunami. Two reactors are ready to start splitting atoms again to heat water into steam and generate power, the operator has told regulators. Yet desp...