MHI\u2019s announcement<\/a> in terms of the goal of sustainably utilizing nuclear power, as well as for its positive effects on securing and developing human resources henceforth.<\/p>\nResponding to a reporter\u2019s question about the future construction of such reactors, President Arai expressed concern about Japan\u2019s tardiness in comparison to North America, where such development projects already include the prospects for specific locations. He also referred to the need to ensure \u201cforeseeability\u201d for nuclear businesses and the favorable effects on supply chains.<\/p>\n
As for the extension of operating lifetimes, President Arai stressed that it was a global trend. Asked if any uncertainty existed as to such judgments\u2014with reference to lifetime extensions to 80 years in the United States\u2014he answered, \u201cWith more operational records being accumulated, it is becoming easier to make projections,\u201d implying the need to make judgments about extending lifetimes while recognizing the existence of some uncertainty.<\/p>\n
The press conference took place immediately after President Arai had returned to Japan from Vienna, where, as an observer, he was attending the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from September 26 to 30.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the conference, he said that many countries had voiced criticism of Russian military actions at nuclear facilities in Ukraine, while also expressing their support for the IAEA in its efforts to prevent a nuclear accident. He added that he appreciated the importance of the IAEA\u2019s activities \u201cmore than ever.\u201d He then declared his absolute opposition to any military action near nuclear facilities in Ukraine and any act threatening nuclear safety there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In August, Minister NISHIMURA Yasutoshi of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) had addressed the same committee about \u201creestablishing stable supplies of energy in Japan,\u201d and the subcommittee has subsequently been discussing the following issues: Integrating the influence and capabilities of all relevant parties to facilitate NPP restarts. Maximizing the use of existing NPPs, including the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[42,67,189,552,842],"class_list":["post-6160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","category-news","tag-iaea","tag-jaif","tag-mhi","tag-smr","tag-srz-1200"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6160\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}