“Japan is rejoining the group of nations using atomic power as it sweeps aside public opposition and fires up one of the reactors shuttered for safety upgrades after the Fukushima nuclear disaster more than four years ago.  The initial reaction of Japan’s government after Fukushima was the same as Germany’s — phase out nuclear power. When elections then put Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in charge, this policy was changed. The economics show one of the reasons.  The loss of nuclear forced Japan to switch on power plants running on fossil fuels. As a result, import costs for liquefied natural gas, coal and oil ballooned causing four years of trade deficits that hit a record $103 billion last year.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-10/japan-returns-to-atomic-club-with-restart-amid-public-opposition

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