Japan has looked over the cliff, jumped, hit a few boulders bulging out and are deciding not to release their parachute. But why? Why would Japan decide to go nuclear after the disaster in Fukushima?
Th United States has interest in maintaining nuclear power in Japan because without it, additional nuclear power in the United States may cease to exist. According to simplyinfo.org, an agreement was reached in April to continue the cliff diving process:
An agreement started in April of 2012 by the US and Japan as the Japan-U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation pact outlines cooperation between the two countries on not just proliferation and the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi. It also spells out an ongoing cooperative effort in nuclear power technology and related programs. The US bound Japan into an agreement to continue their civilian nuclear power program. In a Japanese embassy document it cites Mr. Daniel Poneman as being involved in the first meeting of the committee of this pact.
If Japan scraps nuclear energy, it will leave the United States without options and the sector will effectively be dead. The major companies that exist are not based in the US and without Japan’s involvement they will likely pursue other energy solutions, much like Siemens was forced to do when Germany turned the lights off on nuclear.
The US gently hints at this in an Asahi Shimbun article from early September.
The interconnected nature of the
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