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Japan Looks at Ramping Up Nuclear Power to Ensure Energy Supply

August 24, 2022

Japan’s prime minister said the country is prepared to restart more of its idled nuclear reactors, and look at building more power generation facilities with next-generation nuclear technology.

The comments from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an Aug. 24 news conference in Tokyo signal a shift in Japan’s thinking about nuclear power after the country idled its reactors, and adopted more stringent safety standards before any reactor could restart, after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown in March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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