Nuclear power could play an important part in helping Japan become self-sufficient, according to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura.
Nishimura added that Japan has secured 10 plants for reactivation and is working toward reactivating seven more starting next year. The minister emphasized the importance of safety while acknowledging the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, when a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
"The price of natural gas and the price of energy are soaring internationally… the energy market is tight," Nishimura said. On Friday, Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom said it would indefinitely halt gas flows to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, citing the need for additional repairs.
"If Japan reactivates one nuclear plant, it produces 1 million tons' worth of energy, making it possible for Japan to have secure energy and potentially be self-sufficient," Nishimura added.
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