Japan confirmed a major nuclear power policy shift on Friday to tackle an energy crisis more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster prompted it to idle most of its reactors.
Public opinion has been hostile towards nuclear energy since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, but thedue to soaring energy costs amid the prolonged war in Ukraine and repeated power crunches in both summer and winter.
Quake-prone Japan, which previously said it had no plans to build new reactors, will now seek to replace decomissioned ones and extend the lifespan of others, the industry ministry said. The stark policy turnaround comes after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in August that Japan would look at , instructing the industry ministry to set up a policy plan to widen use of nuclear energy by the end of this year.
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