Editing Nuclear power (section)

===Fukushima accident===
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Prospects of a nuclear renaissance were delayed by another nuclear accident.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=carbonbrief_2016>{{cite news |title=Analysis: The legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster |url=https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-legacy-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Carbon Brief |date=10 March 2016 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308035109/https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-legacy-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2011 [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident]] was caused by the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] suffered three core meltdowns due to failure of the emergency cooling system for lack of electricity supply. This resulted in the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster.

The accident prompted a re-examination of [[nuclear safety]] and [[nuclear energy policy]] in many countries.<ref name="sciamer2011">{{cite journal |last1=Westall |first1=Sylvia |last2=Dahl |first2=Fredrik |name-list-style=amp |date=2011-06-24 |title=IAEA Head Sees Wide Support for Stricter Nuclear Plant Safety |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=iaea-head-sees-wide-support |url-status=dead |journal=Scientific American |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110625042535/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=iaea-head-sees-wide-support |archive-date=2011-06-25 |accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> Germany approved plans to close all its reactors by 2022, and many other countries reviewed their nuclear power programs.<ref>{{cite news |author=Chandler |first=Jo |author-link=Jo Chandler |date=2011-03-19 |title=Is this the end of the nuclear revival? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/is-this-the-end-of-the-nuclear-revival-20110318-1c0i9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510043432/https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/is-this-the-end-of-the-nuclear-revival-20110318-1c0i9.html |archive-date=2020-05-10 |access-date=2020-02-20 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |publication-place=Sydney, Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Belford |first=Aubrey |date=2011-03-17 |title=Indonesia to Continue Plans for Nuclear Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/global/18atomic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510043432/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/global/18atomic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |archive-date=2020-05-10 |access-date=2017-02-25 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com">{{cite news |author=Morgan |first=Piers |date=2011-03-17 |title=Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu: Japan situation has "caused me to reconsider" nuclear power |url=http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/17/israel-prime-minister-netanyahu-japan-situation-has-caused-me-to-reconsider-nuclear-power/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930221401/http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/17/israel-prime-minister-netanyahu-japan-situation-has-caused-me-to-reconsider-nuclear-power/ |archive-date=2019-09-30 |access-date=2011-03-17 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref name="news.xinhuanet.com">{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/18/c_13784578.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318184804/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/18/c_13784578.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2011 |title=Israeli PM cancels plan to build nuclear plant|work= xinhuanet.com|date=2011-03-18| access-date= 2011-03-17}}</ref> Following the disaster, Japan shut down all of its nuclear power reactors, some of them permanently, and in 2015 began a gradual process to restart the remaining 40 reactors, following safety checks and based on revised criteria for operations and public approval.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kyuden.co.jp/en_information_150811.html |title=Startup of Sendai Nuclear Power Unit No.1 |date=2015-08-11 |website=Kyushu Electric Power Company Inc. |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525170529/http://www.kyuden.co.jp/en_information_150811.html |archive-date=2017-05-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2022, the Japanese government, under the leadership of Prime Minister [[Fumio Kishida]], declared that 10 more nuclear power plants were to be reopened since the 2011 disaster.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 August 2022 |title=Japan turns back to nuclear power in post-Fukushima shift |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b380cb74-7b2e-493f-be99-281bd0dd478f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930125230/https://www.ft.com/content/b380cb74-7b2e-493f-be99-281bd0dd478f |archive-date=30 September 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2022 |newspaper=Financial Times |location=London, England}}</ref> Kishida is also pushing for research and construction of new safer nuclear plants to safeguard Japanese consumers from the fluctuating price of the fossil fuel market and reduce Japan's greenhouse gas emissions.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/2022/08/25/japan-is-reopening-nuclear-power-plants-and-planning-to-build-new-ones/|title=Japan Is Reopening Nuclear Power Plants and Planning To Build New Ones|date=August 25, 2022|access-date=November 26, 2022|archive-date=November 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115142242/https://reason.com/2022/08/25/japan-is-reopening-nuclear-power-plants-and-planning-to-build-new-ones/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kishida intends to have Japan become a significant exporter of nuclear energy and technology to developing countries around the world.<ref name="auto"/>