JAPAN PM’S U-TURN ON NUCLEAR MAY HAVE TEETH WARN ANALYSTS
May 1st, 2011
BY JULIAN RYALL
Japan's prime minister Naoto Kan is the sort of politician who, once he has his heart set on a goal, is dogged in pushing toward that end. Companies in Japan's nuclear industry are not saying it aloud, but they will have been disappointed by the prime minister's appearance at a press conference on May 10 in which he announced that he will drop plans to have half of Japan's future energy needs met by nuclear power and instead step up the nation's use of energy from renewable sources.
"I believe there is a need to start with a clean slate in ...
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