Given that Fukui Prefecture is home to a large number of nuclear power plants (NPPs), \u00a0said the \u201cpicture\u201d Japan sees of its energy future \u201cshould be clearly drawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor is a member of the Strategic Policy Committee, under the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. Citing discussions at the committee, he said that 100% use of renewable energies had been proposed, but that it had become clear that costs would be \u201cexplosively higher.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then said that many committee members see the utilization of nuclear power as a means toward achieving carbon neutrality.<\/p>\n
Without expressing his own view on new nuclear builds, he said that he definitely wanted improvements to nuclear safety. If the greater use of nuclear power is in fact to be the national direction, he then asked\u2014from the perspective of a siting prefecture\u2014that safety be incorporated into all discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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