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Nuclear Expert: "Fukushima Was Not a Major Nuclear Accident – Japan Was Very lucky."

Mycle Schneider explains why the disaster was less severe than feared and what the state of global nuclear power use is 15 years later. By Joachim Wille • March 15, 2026. Fifteen years ago, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, gripped the world. Following a tsunami on March 11, 2011, the dreaded core meltdown occurred. In Germany, the disaster led to the phase-out of nuclear power, but other countries are planning a renaissance of the techn…
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Mycle Schneider explains why the disaster was less severe than feared and what the state of global nuclear power use is 15 years later. By Joachim Wille • March 15, 2026. Fifteen years ago, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, gripped the world. Following a tsunami on March 11, 2011, the dreaded core meltdown occurred. In Germany, the disaster led to the phase-out of nuclear power, but other countries are planning a renaissance of the techn…

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worldnuclearreport.org broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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