Amid concerns over the stability of power supplies fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which has disrupted commodity markets and pushed up energy prices – Japan has signed a major shift in its nuclear policy.
The nuclear disaster in Tohoku Japan in 2011 prompted the government to reduce its reliance on nuclear power, prompting lawmakers and officials to consider new reactors, given public safety concerns and the falling costs of renewable energy. chose not to build the
But fears of a disaster, centered around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, appear to have been overshadowed by rising prices of basic commodities caused by the Ukraine crisis and pandemic-hit global economic instability.
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