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Japan considers energy future after Fukushima

Clip: 3/13/2014 | 8m 55s

Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan.

A disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, has greatly affected how Japanese citizens feel about that energy source. Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan. But walking away from nuclear power is a tricky proposition for a country that has not invested much in renewable alternatives. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

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