In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency (Published 2011)The Chugoku Electric nuclear power plant in Kashima. A third reactor is currently under construction.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times KASHIMA, Japan — When the Shimane nuclear plant was first proposed here more than 40 years ago, this rural port town put up such fierce resistance that the plant’s would-be operator, Chugoku Electric, almost scrapped the project. Angry fishermen vowed to de
