Tadashi Narabayashi's Archives
【#991】Nuclear Energy Activating Growth Strategy
December 5, 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed to utilize nuclear power generation in August. In response, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry presented a draft plan for...
October 31, 2022 The Japanese government on September 30 held the first meeting of an expert panel to work out a strategy for the development of a small nuclear fusion reactor that State Minister ...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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...
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...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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...
【#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...