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CIAO DATE: 04/2011

Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Global Implications for Nuclear Energy

Michael A. Levi

March 2011

Council on Foreign Relations

Abstract

A week after Japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, Japanese officials struggle to contain a widening crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. CFR's Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Michael A. Levi, discusses the global responses to Japan's nuclear crisis, and what it means for the future of nuclear energy.