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Westinghouse bankruptcy underscores meltdown of the global nuclear industry – Greenpeace

Tokyo, 29 March 2017 – The board of Westinghouse’s parent company, Toshiba, today approved the filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its drowning U.S. company – a defining moment in the decades-long downward spiral of the global nuclear power industry. Toshiba/Westinghouse is responsible for building more nuclear reactors worldwide than any other entity. With the …

Greenpeace warns Sendai nuclear restart will not end nuclear crisis facing Abe government

Tokyo, 11 August 2015 — The restart of the Sendai nuclear reactor today will not reverse the terminal decline of Japan’s nuclear industry, given all nine Japanese nuclear utilities are faced with insurmountable safety issues at their nuclear power plants together with mounting political, public and legal challenges, warns Greenpeace Japan. “Even though one nuclear …