One (not so) fine day, earthquake hit Japan and therein was born a Tsunami ... and then there was chaos.....well everyone's aware of the recent Tsunami which blew up large parts of Japan and wrecked it badly.
I don't really know what it is that Japan has with Nuclear stuff but this one's more than a coincidence - after the nuclear bombs back then, it's another nuclear explosion (which has less to do with America though!) this time due to the critical location of the Nuclear plant. The Fukushima nuclear plant complex located north of Tokyo and abominably close to the epicenter of 8.9 magnitude quake suffered two colossal explosions-one on the D-Day and the other on Monday- both of which have either turned ears deaf or have fallen on deaf ears, or so I thought till this article caught my attention :
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/us-nuclear-japan-industry-idUSTRE72D3T620110314?feedType=RSS&feedName=GCA-GreenBusiness
The repercussions of this explosion (and the shut down of 11 major nuclear reactors) are not yet fully known as far as the effect on life is to be concerned (some emails about rumors of rain clouds contaminated with nuclear waste are doing the rounds!)
but it has certainly had an effect on major nuclear energy producers (and guzzlers)-the EU and Americas. Many European nations have suspended their plans to extend the life of existing nuclear power stations, expand their services and to approve of new nuclear power stations. It is also expected that the disaster might give renewables and greener fuels such as LNG sectors a boost in the quest for safer energy. Most of the nations are now eager to study the impact of this incident and some have already started proposing ways to harness green energy and to make better use of renewables. Organizations supporting green energy are more optimistic and are keen to extend the idea of switching to greener means of energy production.
