The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans to restart seven additional nuclear power plants, including Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, next year in order to deal with the tight supply and demand for electricity. We plan to demonstrate this at conferences aimed at the realization of society.
Regarding nuclear power plants, the government has indicated a policy to proceed with the operation of up to 9 units this winter, out of the 10 that have been restarted so far, in preparation for a tight supply and demand for electricity.
In addition to this, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced that it will aim to restart an additional seven reactors from next year onwards in order to further stabilize the supply of electricity, at the realization of a decarbonized society held at the Prime Minister's Office on the afternoon of the 24th. I plan to show it at a meeting aimed at
The targets include Units 6 and 7 of Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, where deficiencies in anti-terrorism measures were revealed one after another last year, and the national government will take the lead in dealing with them in order to obtain the consent of the locals. doing.
Furthermore, the government is currently discussing ways to extend the operating period of nuclear power plants, which can be up to 60 years.