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Japan learned from Fukishima nuclear accident, and many outside Japan forget that earthquake and tsunami had bigger impact in terms of material damage and cost
by leonidasrup 1mo ago
Japan learned from Fukishima nuclear accident, and many outside Japan forget that earthquake and tsunami had bigger impact in terms of material damage and cost of life then the nuclear accident.
Currently, economy of Japan (world biggest LNG importer) is hit hard by the events in Middle East. Because of this goverment starts maximum use of nuclear power policy.
https://www.nucnet.org/news/japan-council-adopts-policy-package-calling-for-maximum-use-of-nuclear-power-9-3-2026 https://www.nucnet.org/news/japan-council-adopts-policy-pack...
https://www.powermag.com/reactor-restart-rekindling-japans-nuclear-renaissance/ https://www.powermag.com/reactor-restart-rekindling-japans-n...
https://ieefa.org/resources/japans-diversified-lng-procurement-strategy-cannot-fully-shield-it-global-price-spikes https://ieefa.org/resources/japans-diversified-lng-procureme...
- no-name-here 1mo agoThat may be true, but does not change that the only 2 JP reactors built since the 2000s are each taking 2+ decades each to complete (started in 2006 and 2010, and estimated to launch in ___ and 2030). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cma_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cma_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://pris-stats.iaea.org/reactor/862 https://pris-stats.iaea.org/reactor/862
- leonidasrup 1mo agoThey still have 10 already build but not running reactors, bringing those online is the less costly way to increase nuclear power production. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/japan-nuclear-power https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil...