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Asia envisages a nuclear-powered future to contend with climate emergency - South China Morning Post

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Forget Fukushima, from Japan to India nuclear power is retaking centre stage in the fight against climate change | South China Morning Post

A view of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant last month. In the years since the disaster, Japanese policymakers have gone from shunning nuclear to embracing it once again. Photo: Bloomberg

Forget Fukushima, from Japan to India nuclear power is retaking centre stage in the fight against climate change

- China is leading the way, but South Korea, India and Japan are all also on board with the low-carbon energy source’s resurgence
- Some call it ‘grasping at straws’ and nuclear certainly has its problems – but new technologies have restored confidence in the sector somewhat

A view of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant last month. In the years since the disaster, Japanese policymakers have gone from shunning nuclear to embracing it once again. Photo: Bloomberg

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