Fukushima joins hand with Chernobyl in the renewable revitalization

Japan's northeastern Fukushima prefecture, ravaged during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster, is trying to turn itself into a center for solar and wind power, said Japanese media.

In doing so, Fukushima will follow any trend that takes root by nuclear catastrophe-struck areas. The exclusion zone around Chernobyl, the site of the explosion and meltdown of the reactor in 1986, is now home to its own solar power pl....