May 10, 2011
USA Today is reporting that Japan will scrap a plan to obtain half of its electricity from nuclear power. Instead Japan will look to promote renewable energy and conservation as a result of the ongoing nuclear crisis that the country is facing.
According to the report, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Japan needs to "start from scratch" on its long-term energy policy. Nuclear plants supplied about 30 percent of Japan's electricity, and the government had planned to raise that to 50 percent by 2030. This decision to cut back on the use of nuclear energy comes after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was heavily damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and began leaking radiation.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the stricken plant, has been struggling for nearly two months to restore critical cooling systems that were knocked out by the March disaster.
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