Members of a government panel broadly agreed Friday to draft a long-term national energy plan stating that nuclear power is an "important" source of electricity in resource-poor Japan, even as the country struggles to recover from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
"Nuclear power should continue to be used on the condition that its safety is ensured, and it is an important and basic power source that supports the stability of Japan's energy supply and demand structure," a preliminary draft summarizing the opinions of the panel said.Akio Mimura, the head of the panel and senior adviser to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., told reporters after the meeting that he felt there was "no strong opposition" to the draft. The panel members will meet again next Friday to wrap up their discussion.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
