Time to fire up the nuke power generator plants.
Time to fire up the nuke power generator plants.
In Japan it’s safer to go with Coal
Yep, no technical reason not to. Also they could start up any coal fired plants they have mothballed. Importing coal from the U.S would likely be cheaper than importing oil and gas from the Rooskies. Yeah, dirty as hell, but for a temporary emergency, it beats killing your economy or freezing to death in the dark.
Time to fire up the nuke power generator plants.
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Fukishima is still out of commission. Japan needs coal fired plants.
“Time to fire up the nuke power generator plants.”
Japan’s political leadership has come to the same conclusion.
Just as Germany and other countries in Europe (like Finland Sweden, and many others) have experienced some sea changes in their policies after Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine this year, Japan is now reversing course on their domestic nuclear power generation, for the first time since Fukushima (2011).
The Washington Examiner reports: “Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called on the government to restart reactors that have passed upgraded safety standards as a means of combating the shortage of fossil fuels caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
Freeper Sushiman (in Japan) reported that there did not seem to be much public opposition. I think that most reasonable people can see the arguments in favor of more nuclear generation for Japan, understand that there is a serious global risk to oil and gas supplies from Russian aggression in the Ukraine, and are really personally feeling the pain from rising energy prices (like twice what we have seen in the USA).
Before Fukushima, Japan got 30% of its energy from nuclear - a big chunk, and a lot of buffer from blackouts.