Japan signals return to nuclear power to stabilize energy supply - BusinessWorld Online

International Atomic Energy Agency experts visit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan in November 2013. — Greg Webb / IAEA

Japan has kept most of its nuclear plants idled in the decade since a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 triggered a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Quake-prone Japan also said it would build no new reactors, so a change in that policy would be a stark turnaround. Public opinion has also shifted, as fuel prices have risen and an early and hot summer spurred calls for energy-saving.

Last month the government said it hoped to restart more nuclear reactors in time to avert any power crunch over the winter.

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