Japan should scrap nuclear reactors after Fukushima, says new environment minister

Shinjiro Koizumi says: 'We will be doomed if we allow another accident to occur'

Japan's new environment minister has called for the country's nuclear reactors to be scrapped to prevent a repeat of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Shinjiro Koizumi's comments, made hours after he became Japan's third-youngest cabinet minister since the war, could set him on a collision course with Japan's pro-nuclear prime minister, Shinzo Abe.