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Japan has the world’s third largest number of nuclear reactors following the United States and France. Nuclear energy was a central element in Japan’s plans to become more energy self-sufficient. It was also a major part of Japan’s climate change mitigation policies. There was general societal agreement behind the government’s plans to expand domestic dependence on nuclear energy and to become a global leader in this technology.
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Schreurs, M. (2014). The Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Trigger of an Energiewende in Japan?. In: Brunnengräber, A., Di Nucci, M. (eds) Im Hürdenlauf zur Energiewende. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06788-5_27
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