PM Kan wants to wean Japan from nuclear power via Reuters

(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday the Fukushima nuclear crisis had convinced him that Japan should wean itself from nuclear power and eventually have no atomic plants.

The radiation crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima plant, triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has sparked debate about the role of nuclear power in quake-prone, resource-poor Japan, as well as concerns about power shortages with 35 of the nation’s 54 reactors now halted.

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