{"id":7291,"date":"2024-12-16T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T02:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:03:31","slug":"press-conference-jaif-president-masui-cites-nuclear-industry-trends-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/news\/7291","title":{"rendered":"Press Conference JAIF President Masui Cites Nuclear Industry Trends Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Masui <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">referred <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">again<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to his remarks at the nuclear energy subcommittee <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">November 20, which<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">had been released as a president<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019s<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">message. Regarding <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the next Strategic Energy Plan<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">under consideration by the Agency for Natural <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Resources<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and Energy<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">(ANRE), he pointed <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">following three major <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">requests:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Removal of the language<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201creducing dependency on nuclear power\u201d in the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">current Strategic Energy Plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Clearly stating a<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">required nuclear capacity and timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Clearly stating a<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">policy for development of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">business environment, in<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">cluding <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">funding and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">returns on <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">investment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">He then <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">described <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the plan <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">as important, saying it \u201cwill greatly affect<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">decision <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">making <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">by<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">private operators.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Nuclear Industry Trends Report, one of JAIF\u2019s flagship publications, Masui emphasized the significance of continuing it steadily. The 2024 report released this time covers FY23, when 12 nuclear power plants were in operation in Japan. A questionnaire survey was distributed to 318 companies who are JAIF members, with 243 valid responses received, tabulated and analyzed. Outlining the survey results, Masui said that expenditures by power operators were JPY2.051 trillion, up 12% year on year. Regarding member companies&#8217; plans for human resource recruitment and deployment, 84% of respondents indicated plans to either expand or maintain the status quo. Similarly, 94% of respondents stated that they plan to expand or maintain the current status of their nuclear power business. The results show a perception that these areas are on par with last year.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of business sentiment in the nuclear industry (good, average, bad), responses were good, 9% (8% last year), and average, 48% (44% last year). Since FY2020 (the 2021 report), both responses have increased. Masui indicated he thought it\u2019s been moderating gradually due to concerns about security measures and climate change measures.<\/p>\n<p>President Masui also talked about COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 24. Comparing it to the previous COP28, he stressed that including the value of nuclear energy as a low-carbon power source in an official document was \u201ca historical turning point.\u201d Multiple side events were also held during the time of COP29.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Managing Director UETAKE Akihito, who attended COP29 as well as COP28 and gave presentations at both, was at the press conference. In response to a question from a reporter, he praised the fact that \u201cthe momentum for nuclear promotion last year is being maintained.\u201d He also said the younger generation was particularly active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masui referred again to his remarks at the nuclear energy subcommittee on November 20, which had been released as a president\u2019s message. Regarding the next Strategic Energy Plan, under consideration by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), he pointed to the following three major requests: Removal of the language \u201creducing dependency on nuclear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":7293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,8,4],"tags":[33,1215,67,1221,1222,1220],"class_list":["post-7291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","category-news","category-policies","category-presidents-comments","tag-anre","tag-cop29","tag-jaif","tag-nuclear-energy-subcommittee-under-the-advisory-committee-for-natural-resources-and-energy","tag-nuclear-industry-trends-report","tag-press-conference"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7291"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7298,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions\/7298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}