{"id":159602,"date":"2022-07-23T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/?p=159602"},"modified":"2022-07-23T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:56:53","slug":"japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Hopes to Restart 4 More Nuclear Reactors by Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Japan hopes to restart four more nuclear reactors in time to avert any power crunch over the winter, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Friday, a week after the pro-nuclear ruling party won a resounding victory in upper house elections.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">&#8220;We would like to ensure the operation of a maximum of nine reactors, up from the current five <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-159608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/japonya-da-kisa-kadar-4-nukleer-reaktorun-daha-calistirilmasi-planlaniyor-80x44.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>operating now, by revising the construction and inspection periods for some of the nuclear power plants,&#8221; Hagiuda told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Many of Japan&#8217;s nuclear reactors remain idled after a massive tsunami triggered a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been eyeing a return to nuclear power as a stable source of energy for resource-poor Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">Public opinion had broadly opposed nuclear restarts following the Fukushima disaster, but the tide has shifted given rising fuel prices and bouts of unseasonable weather that have triggered calls for energy-saving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Talk of restarting additional reactors came as welcome news for energy companies, with head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies Kazuhiro Ikebe calling them &#8220;words of encouragement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">Still, a nuclear restart requires an extensive approval process overseen by regulators, as well as approval from local communities.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan hopes to restart four more nuclear reactors in time to avert any power crunch over the winter, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Friday, a week after the pro-nuclear ruling party won a resounding victory in upper house elections. &#8220;We would like to ensure the operation of a maximum of nine reactors, up from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,53,43],"tags":[21582,18,104991,1547,19356,3020],"views":296,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159602"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159614,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159602\/revisions\/159614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}