I imagine they suffer from a similar problem the US has with oil refineries. My friend who works in the oil industry as an engineer told me that it’s hard to g

I imagine they suffer from a similar problem the US has with oil refineries. My friend who works in the oil industry as an engineer told me that it’s hard to get approvals for more environmentally friendly oil refineries in the US. Older refineries are left to continue operating inefficiently and not as environmentally friendly. It’s a double edge sword. I assume Japan may have strict requirements or a lot of red tape to get efficient nuclear power in the country. Especially after Fukushima. I’m only guessing. So I assume it’s cheaper and legal to still burn coal because they probably haven’t forced coal regulations. I’m just guessing this is why they’re going backwards. Nothing is really stopping them because it’s not illegal.