US EditionJapan Switches Back to Nuclear, 14 Years After Fukushima
- Japan announced a policy shift in 2023 to restart nuclear reactors and build new atomic plants at existing sites following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
- This shift responds to soaring gas prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising power demand from AI data centres, contradicting previous expectations of falling electricity use.
- Tokyo Electric Power Company outlined a mid- to long-term strategy that involves relocating spent fuel from the No.5 and 6 reactors at Fukushima to a temporary storage site located in Aomori Prefecture, contingent upon regulatory safety approval.
- Chubu Electric, supporting US-based NuScale's small modular reactor technology, notes public skepticism in Japan and stresses proving the concept abroad before domestic deployment, while GE Vernova Hitachi aims to launch an SMR in Canada by 2030.
- Japan's revised 2040 energy plan targets nuclear power for 20% of supply, reduces fossil fuel use to 30-40%, and envisions completing reactor restarts by 2030 before focusing on new reactor builds and advanced technologies.
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Japan's government wants to prove that the earth around the destroyed nuclear power plant is no longer dangerous – and starts with it in the prime minister's garden of all things.
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