Eleven years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, this declaration marks a real turning point. In a meeting on the transition to a decarbonized society, on August 24, the Japanese government announced its decision to restart seven nuclear reactors after the summer of 2023, in addition to the ten others already returned to service, reported NHK, the Japanese public channel.
“To achieve the government’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, they intend to operate existing plants as much as possible by extending their lifespan beyond the current limit of sixty years. The idea of developing and building next-generation reactors, which are safer and more economical, is now officially on the discussion table”. explained the chain.
All the Japanese nuclear fleet had been stopped after Fukushima, recalls AFP. Out of 33 theoretically operable reactors, ten have restarted after complying with considerably higher safety standards. But they don’t work all the time and several of them are currently undergoing maintenance.
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