In the wake of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan shut down all of its nuclear energy stations. Fifteen years on, the nation is reconsidering that call because the rise of AI has created large demand for affordable low-carbon energy. For a rustic with a traumatic historical past with nuclear, that could be a tough and delicate resolution
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00:00 Introduction: Japan’s pivot again to nuclear
01:13 Leo Lewis revisits Fukushima Daiichi
02:09 The impression of Fukushima on Japan
03:35 The impression of Fukushima on Japan’s power coverage
04:25 Turning nuclear reactors again on
05:45 Japan’s traumatic relationship with nuclear
06:41 Inside Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world’s largest nuclear energy plant
07:58 Kashiwazaki’s mayor helps a restricted reopening
08:55 Opposition to reopening Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
09:36 Tepco’s funds and political backing
10:14 AI, information centres and the rising price of electrical energy in Japan
11:26 Leo Lewis revisits Tagajo, a metropolis destroyed by the tsunami
12:30 Hawaiians spa resort
13:59 Keys of Change and the Fukushima youth sinfonietta
15:21 Nuclear energy and geopolitics
16:25 Anti nuclear campaigners on why nuclear is all the time a foul concept
16:59 New nuclear applied sciences
18:02 Is geothermal energy a viable different?
20:02 Conclusion
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