Japan Gets Ready To Fire Up Nuclear Plants Again

Despite the Fukushima nuclear crisis being far from resolved – Japan is close to restarting nuclear reactors that have been turned off since the earthquake and tsunami last year. Over the weekend, a local safety commission approved the restart of two reactors in Western Japan – and the Japanese Prime Minister hinted that he intends to start up several more of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors once he gets confirmation that they are safe. Thousands of protestors assembled outside the Prime Minister's Tokyo home after the decision chanting, "No to restarting nuclear plants." A recent Pew Research poll finds that 70% of the Japanese populations think their country needs to ditch nuclear power.