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Ex-Japanese PM: Fukushima Meltdown Was Worse Than Chernobyl & Why He Now Opposes Nuclear Power (1/2)
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13:25Now PlayingThree years ago today a massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami that struck Japan's northeast coast, resulting in an unprecedented nuclear crisisa triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. As Japan marks the anniversary with continued uncertainty around Fukushima's longterm impact, we are joined by Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister at the time. It's rare that a sitting world leader changes his position completely, but that's what Kan has done. He explains how he came to oppose nuclear power while still in office, as he weighed Tokyo's evacuation. "It's impossible to totally prevent any kind of accident or disaster happening at the nuclear power plants," Kan says. "And so, the one way to prevent this from happening, to prevent the risk of having to evacuate such huge amounts of people, 50 million people, and for the purpose, for the benefit of the lives of our people, and even the economy of Japan, I came to change the position, that the only way to do this was to totally get rid of the nuclear power plants."
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