Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations Begin in Tokyo
Fukushima still a raw memory
Thousands of demonstrators have rallied against the government's consideration of restarting nuclear reactors in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
At least 7,500 people, including disaster victims and popular figures, gathered at a park in the city centre on Sunday, shedding light to the natural disaster two years ago that killed 19,000 and sparked a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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Nuclear energy, the safest form of energy according to the seminal and still very relevant book "The Health Hazards of NOT going nuclear" by Petr Beckmann.