Japan is pivoting back to nuclear after Fukushima — and the IEA says it'll help cool gas markets
Sadamori, who previously held positions in Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and was executive assistant to a previous Japanese prime minister in 2011, was asked about the timeframe for the construction of new nuclear plants.
"They're still in, basically, a development stage, so … we need to accelerate those developments," he added. The more significant aspects were, he argued, the restart of existing plants and the extension of existing plants' lifetime.
Citing "difficult energy market situations" as well as Japan's "very tight electricity market," Sadamori said public sentiment in the country was nevertheless "changing a little." "So I consider that things are improving a bit, but I think that the … public, local acceptance issue still continues to be a very difficult part of the nuclear restart."
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