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.

“We would like to ensure the operation of a maximum of nine reactors, up from the current five operating now, by revising the construction and inspection periods for some of the nuclear power plants,” Hagiuda told a news conference.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that it would use nuclear reactors to help reduce its own and other countries’ dependence on Russian energy.

Japan has become more reliant on Russian gas since shutting down nuclear reactors after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in which an earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown, devastating its north-eastern region.

But facing elections in July and rising energy prices that are squeezing voters’ budgets, Kishida said nuclear would be part of the country’s future energy policy.

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Expert in 3D and Product Life Cycle software, Dassault Systèmes announced at the World Nuclear Fair held recently that it will design the extra small modular nuclear reactor solution (Extra Small Sustainable Modular Nuclear Reactor – XSMR) of the France-based energy startup NAAREA on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

XSMR, an ultra-compact clean energy source, uses fuel from existing industrial waste reserves without depleting natural resources.

NAAREA will use the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to design XSMR’s virtual twin.

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It has been announced by the experts of the United Nations European Economic Council (UNECE) that it is not possible to reach the global climate targets without nuclear energy. In UNECE’s newly released technology summary report, it was pointed out that nuclear energy can help meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Nuclear could be seen as part of a broader spectrum alongside the use of other sustainable low-carbon or zero-carbon technologies to decarbonize the global energy system and energy-intensive industries.

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