Who knew ?Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany has permanently shut down eight of its reactors and pledged to close the rest by 2022.[6]The Italians have voted overwhelmingly to keep their country non-nuclear.[7] Switzerland and Spain have banned the construction of new reactors.[8] Japan's prime minister has called for a dramatic reduction in Japan's reliance on nuclear power.[9] Taiwan's president did the same. Mexico has sidelined construction of 10 reactors in favor of developing natural-gas-fired plants.[10] Belgium planned to phase out its nuclear plants by 2025,[11] later postponed by 10 years to 2035.[12]
As of 2012, countries such as Australia, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Israel, Serbia, Malaysia, and Norway have no nuclear power reactors and remain opposed to nuclear power.[13][14]
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