Nuclear Politics

Japan / Major Policy Shift Sees Tokyo Consider Return To Nuclear Energy, 11 Years After Fukushima

By David Dalton
25 August 2022

Prime minister asks government panel to look at next-generation of reactors
Major Policy Shift Sees Tokyo Consider Return To Nuclear Energy, 11 Years After Fukushima
Prime minister Fumio Kishida said he had instructed officials to come up with concrete measures by the end of the year. Courtesy Fumio Kishida/Facebook.
Japan is considering building next-generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants in a major policy shift, 11 years after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident led to the shutdown of all the country’s commercial nuclear plants.

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