Abe: Japan is not without nuclear energy

Abe: Japan is not without nuclear energy


Japan can not without nuclear energy, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a press conference today, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima.

"Our country is poor in resources, can not cope without nuclear energy to guarantee a regular supply of energy, while taking account of economic conditions and climate change," he said.

After talking for about fifteen minutes on the progress made on the reconstruction of the region devastated by the tsunami of March 11, 2011, the Abe asked about the policy of his government regarding nuclear energy on the day following the mandate given by court for the closure of two reactors that had just been raised again in operation in the country.

"The regulatory authority for nuclear held that these reactors satisfy the requirements of security, which are the most stringent in the world, based on technical and scientific criteria," insisted Abe and noted that there was a change in government policy of.

The Japanese Prime Minister has repeatedly stressed that the government policy is to give permission for the reopening of "all nuclear reactors that are deemed safe by this independent authority".

Today there are still 43 nuclear reactors in Japan (of the 54 that existed before the Fukushima accident) believed that they can potentially be used to produce electricity. But only two of them are in operation.

Two others (the 3 and 4 of Takachama) had barely raised again recently in operation, but the justice ordered the station's management company to stop them.

Abe pointed end "full and complete commitment of the state on the issue of the Fukushima plant contaminated water", to allow a restoration of the area.

The majority of public opinion in Japan oppose the restart of nuclear reactors in the country, according to various polls done regularly in the media.