The woman expected to be Japan’s next prime minister is set to keep nuclear power at the core of the nation’s energy strategy, while reducing emphasis on readily available renewables like solar.
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, has pushed to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear technologies, like fusion, and has previously called for making the country 100% energy self-sufficient by deploying next-generation reactors. (SGX:S68
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A pro-nuclear stance would continue the policies of previous administrations, which have pushed to build new units and restart reactors idled after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Takaichi is likely to prioritise nuclear energy as a means to curb Japan’s carbon emissions, said Mika Ohbayashi, director at the Renewable Energy Institute, a think tank that promotes clean-energy use
The woman expected to be Japan’s next prime minister is set to keep nuclear power at the core of the nation’s energy strategy, while reducing emphasis on readily available renewables like solar.
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, has pushed to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear technologies, like fusion, and has previously called for making the country 100% energy self-sufficient by deploying next-generation reactors.
A pro-nuclear stance would continue the policies of previous administrations, which have pushed to build new units and restart reactors idled after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Takaichi is likely to prioritise nuclear energy as a means to curb Japan’s carbon emissions, said Mika Ohbayashi, director at the Renewable Energy Institute, a think tank that promotes clean-energy use.
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