Nuclear Politics

Japan / Prime Minister Calls For Restart Of Four More Reactors As Electricity Shortage Looms

By David Dalton
14 July 2022

Nuclear generation fell from 30% to around 5% after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident
Prime Minister Calls For Restart Of Four More Reactors As Electricity Shortage Looms
Fumio Kishida: ‘Safety will be a prerequisite for taking this forward’. Courtesy Japan PM/Facebook.
Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida said he wants to operate nine commercial nuclear power plants this winter to address a looming electricity shortage, increasing the number online from five.

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