Tokyo announces the reopening of nuclear power plants
Tokyo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Japan is preparing to restart its nuclear power plants, the real engine of Japanese industrial production and closed after the Fukushima disaster on 11 March 2011. The move was announced by the Minister for Industry Toshimitsu Motegi, who stated that "next autumn, after the launch of the new security laws, we will be ready to re-start them."
The country is one of the largest producers and consumers
of atomic energy. Due to the low energy price guaranteed by nuclear technology, the Land
of the Rising Sun has been able to bounce back after losing World War II and is currently
the third largest economy in the world
for industrial production and finance.
Of the 50 stations throughout the country, 48 were closed after the disaster caused by the tsunami that
hit and blew up part of the reactors in
Fukushima.
More than two years after the tragedy,
however, Japan seems ready to move on.
On 18th July, Motegi
explained, " new safety procedures will be
introduced. If operators
deem it appropriate, we will be able to turn on the power
plants in the autumn. We are aware
that the law requires us to ask permission of the communities that host reactors, and
we will endeavor to get it. "
The block of nuclear power has caused serious damage to the national economy, which led to the
collapse of the government and the appointment of Yoshihiko
Noda, headed by the conservative Shinzo Abe. According
to some analysts, the Land Rising
Sun has lost 30% of its potential
for growth and is expected to worsen again, given the current prices of energy not linked to nuclear power.
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