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In March 2011,
the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan shocked the country's northeastern region.
Massive tsunami waves followed.
Those waves flooded the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
and led to a leak of radioactive materials.
It was the world's worst nuclear disaster in a quarter of a century.
And afterward, it's no surprise that demand for nuclear power collapsed.
After Fukushima, there was just this huge downward turn across the whole sector.
There wasn't enough demand, so it really dented the industry.
That's CFT's U.S. energy editor, Jamie Smith.
Japan immediately shut down its reactor fleet.
Germany shut down some reactors and pledged to leave the industry entirely.
Other nuclear plants were put on ice.