'A form of self-destruction': Japan weighs up plan to expand nuclear power

Japan's prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown at FukushimaLook carefully through the trees, and it is just possible to catch sight of Onagawa nuclear power plant from its visitors' centre, perched on a hill surrounded by thick woods.The plant's supporters may have had its remote location, on a rugged peninsula in Japan's north-east, in mind when they campaigned to bring nuclear power - and the promise of subsidies - to the town more than 40 years ago. Continue reading...