Here’s an excerpt of the conversation:
Liling Tan: Let’s start with Japan, which has plenty of lessons and expertise on this issue. Now, before Fukushima, nearly a third of Japan’s energy needs were provided by its nuclear reactors, around 54 nuclear reactors across 16 locations. Today, nearly all of them are offline and inactive.
The Fukushima disaster really changed things. It put a pause on Japan’s nuclear power development. But in recent times though, the government is trying to reignite the industry, in part because there just aren’t that many viable alternative energy sources,…
