How Fukushima turned a nuclear advocate into an antinuclear champion
Trading “le nucléaire” for renewables is a tough sell in the planet’s most nuclear-dependent nation.
Naoto Kan came to France anyway. The once pro-nuclear former prime minister who led Japan through the Fukushima nuclear disaster recently made a swing through one of France’s most nuclearized areas – the tip of Normandy – giving struggling environmentalists a rare boost.
An improbable activist in his conservative dark suit and tie, Mr. Kan came to explain his 180-degree switch from pro-nuclear to antinuclear crusader, and urge people to go for renewables instead.
“I came here because I am fiercely opposed to nuclear power, and I want to show my solidarity with people fighting it here,”
