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An aerial view of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2019. An earthquake and tsunami triggered a triple meltdown in 2011, scaring many governments off nuclear energy.
PHOTO: KO SASAKI/NYTIMES
River Akira Davis, Meaghan Tobin
TOKYO – In 2011, a meltdown at a nuclear plant in Japan caused governments around the world, from Taiwan to Italy, to move decisively and swiftly away from atomic energy. Fifteen years later, a different kind of energy crisis is hastening a move back.
The war in the Middle East is expected to cut the world off from millions of tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a fuel used extensively for power generation across Asia. Even in Europe and other regions with sustained access to gas, the diminishing supply of energy is causing prices to surge.
