Japan approves a plan to generate electricity with nuclear energy

ArabiaWeather.com- The Japanese government has decided to present a plan that aims to generate between 20 and 22 percent of the country's electricity through nuclear energy by 2030, to the public for comment on it for a month, starting from tomorrow, Tuesday.

The Ministry of Commerce promised to formally approve any proposals by mid-July, and these proposals would then become government policy, according to Reuters.

The plan, which was endorsed by a government advisory committee on Monday, has been opposed by public opinion in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The fact that the government did not fulfill its pledge last year to reduce nuclear energy and expand renewable energy sources.

Japan had closed all its nuclear reactors after the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, north of Tokyo, in 2011, in the worst nuclear disaster the world has witnessed since Chernobyl in 1986. No reactor opened its doors again, but two reactors passed safety tests recently, and the first reactor is scheduled to be restarted. on July.

It is noteworthy that nuclear energy was supplying Japan with 30% of its electrical supplies before the reactors were closed.

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