Dr James Mitchell, head of business development for Atlantis in London, said the project could lessen the blow from workforce reductions at the former Dounreay nuclear power complex.

BBC: Major tidal power plan revealed

As the world watches the disasters in Japan continue to unfold, there is much criticism of the performance of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the Fukushima nuclear power complex.

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Its coastline plays host to an international surfing competition and is the location of the Dounreay nuclear power research complex.

BBC: 'Saudi Arabia' of marine energy

Measurements at another nuclear-power complex in the prefecture of Ibaraki, halfway between Fukushima and Tokyo, showed elevated radiation readings, officials said.

WSJ: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Escalates

In Japan, where nuclear power provides 30% of the country's electricity, the debate may be more complex than outsiders imagine.

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This is very complex and untested technology compared, say, to coal- and gas-fired or nuclear power plants.

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