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2022.09.08 (Thu)

【#959】IAEA Should Impose Sanctions on Russia

September 5, 2022 　 The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been in an extremely critical situation since it was occupied by Russian forces in March. Taking the situation seriou...

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2022.08.31 (Wed)

【#956】Welcoming Kishida’s Nuclear Policy Turnaround

August 29, 2022 　 At a time when oil, natural gas and other energy prices spike due to Western countries’ economic sanctions on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s retaliation, th...

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2022.07.27 (Wed)

【#947】Kishida Should Instruct to Accelerate Nuclear Plant Screening

July 25, 2022 　 Japan’s electricity supply-demand balance will tighten towards the coming winter. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued an instruction for restarting up to nine nuc...

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2022.07.07 (Thu)

【#939】Overemphasis on Renewables behind Electricity Shortage in Japan

July 4, 2022 　 On scorching hot days in late June with temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, the Japanese government issued a tight power supply advisory for the service area of Tokyo Electric Power...

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2022.06.15 (Wed)

【#928】Problematic Court Injunction against Nuclear Plant

June 13, 2022 　 The Sapporo District Court on May 31 issued an injunction against restarting the Tomari nuclear power station in Hokkaido. Since the Fukushima nuclear power station accident that acc...

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2022.03.31 (Thu)

【#904】Nuclear Power Plant Restart to Prevent Power Crisis

March 28, 2022 　 Since a serious nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2011, Japan has promoted a policy of giving priority to renewable energy centered on solar photovoltaic...

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2022.03.09 (Wed)

【#893】Russia Seeking Sequential Control and Shut Down of Nuclear Power Stations in Ukraine

March 7, 2022 　 In the early hours of March 4, Russian forces intruded into the Zaporizhhzhya nuclear power plant compound in southern Ukraine and took control of the plant. With six of the 15 nucle...

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2022.02.24 (Thu)

【#890】Hydro-Nuclear Combo Recommended as Best Option at Diet

February 21, 2022 　 I was invited by the House of Councillors Research Committee on Natural Resources and Energy to give opinions as an unsworn witness using data on which the Japan Institute for Na...

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2022.02.10 (Thu)

【#885】Five Former Prime Ministers Fabricating History

February 7, 2022 　 After the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, set a direction of promoting investment in nuclear power generation, Junichiro Koizumi and four other fo...

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2022.01.13 (Thu)

【#872】Looming Global Comeback to Nuclear Energy

January 11, 2022 　 More than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal power generation at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, in Glasg...

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