![]() ![]() Seventeen others are awaiting approval, while some have passed safety inspections but cannot be restarted due to resistance from local populations. Today, 10 of the 39 reactors have been authorized to resume operations. All were shut down after the tragedy, and new safety standards were set up. Before the Fukushima disaster, 54 reactors generated 30% of Japan's electricity. The commission is advocating for optimization in the use of reactors by reactivating as many as possible. Set up in July to strategize on how to achieve the goals of reducing emissions by 46% by 2030 (from 2013 levels) and how to become carbon neutral by 2050, the GX sees nuclear power as "an energy source that contributes to energy security and is effective in decarbonization." In 2011, a magnitude 9. Ishiii participated in a demonstration outside the offices of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against his decision to validate new nuclear guidelines proposed by the Green Transition Executive Commission, dubbed GX. Japan is set to start releasing treated radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea this summer. "How can you forget Fukushima?," asked Hiromi Ishii – who had to leave her home after the destruction of the nuclear plant – on July 22, during protests against the powerful push for the return of nuclear energy, which is part of the new strategy of the archipelago. ![]() Japan's renewed focus on nuclear power is struggling to gain momentum in a country still traumatized by the 2011 Fukushima disaster. On 3 February 2023, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a report on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during December, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent to all international Missions in Japan. Japan redesigns energy future by prioritizing nuclear powerīy fast-tracking the revival of existing reactors and the construction of new units, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reneging on the commitment he made after the Fukushima disaster to abandon nuclear energy.īy Philippe Mesmer (Tokyo (Japan) correspondent) Published on December 26, 2022, at 8:00 pm (Paris), updated on January 3, 2023, at 2:17 pm ![]()
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