Life after Fukushima

One year on, the Japanese can’t still get over the nightmare of meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, triggered by a catastrophic tsunami, that has left all but two of the country’s 54 nuclear power plants idled for rigorous stress tests. Some people near the disaster area still can’t sleep at night, 22.5 million tonnes of tsunami debris are still on the ground since other areas won’t accept them for disposal fearing radiation contamination, and calls for moving away from nuclear power that supplies 30 per cent of Japan’s electricity needs continue to grow.

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