'An act of betrayal': Japan to maximise nuclear power 14 years after Fukushima disaster

More than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Japan is again turning to nuclear power as it struggles to reach its emissions targets and bolster its energy security. In a draft strategic energy plan due to be approved by the cabinet this month, the trade and industry ministry signalled it was ditching attempts to lessen Japan's reliance on nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster - the world's worst nuclear accident since Chornobyl 25 years earlier. The document dropped a reference to "reducing reliance" on nuclear energy that had appeared in the…