ILEA000944630: Japan issues warning over tight energy supply in Tokyo, other areas

Japan issues warning over tight energy supply in Tokyo, other areas

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2022, as his ministry issued a warning over tight energy supply the previous day, asking people in Tokyo and some other areas under the jurisdiction of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to save electricity. The utility expects a power shortage on March 22 due to cold weather and the suspension of some power plants due to the powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on March 16.

Power outage warning in Tokyo, other areas

TV sets are turned off at a BicCamera electronics store in Tokyo on March 22, 2022, as Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry calls on people to reduce their electricity consumption in Tokyo and other eastern and northeastern areas the same day after a recent strong earthquake has constricted power supplies.

Japan issues warning over tight energy supply in Tokyo, other areas

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2022, as his ministry issued a warning over tight energy supply the previous day, asking people in Tokyo and some other areas under the jurisdiction of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to save electricity. The utility expects a power shortage on March 22 due to cold weather and the suspension of some power plants due to the powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on March 16.

Power outage warning in Tokyo, other areas

TV sets are turned off at a BicCamera electronics store in Tokyo on March 22, 2022, as Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry calls on people to reduce their electricity consumption in Tokyo and other eastern and northeastern areas the same day after a recent strong earthquake has constricted power supplies.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows (from back) the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

Tokyo Electric Power president at Fukushima Daiichi plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant employees at the crippled plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 23, 2021, about two weeks after the 10th anniversary of the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake-tsunami.

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

The term is five years. The division will conductresearch in a wide range of fields to solve various technical problems at the decommissioning site, including evaluation technology to detect the aging deterioration of structures. With the aim of fostering human resources, a CFReND branch office will be established at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site this summer. On-site exchanges of opinions between engineers at the decommissioning site and Tohoku University faculty and graduate students will be promoted. Nobuyoshi Hara, vice president of Tohoku University (photo at right), says, "We will continue our efforts to promote decommissioning. (Photo taken on March 24, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Kashiwazaki Mayor Sakurai receives a proposal from TEPCO to decommission the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station.

Masahiro Sakurai, the mayor of Kashiwazaki City in Niigata Prefecture, said on April 19 that the decommissioning plan for the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings, Inc. In August, the company announced its intention to decide on a policy of decommissioning one or more nuclear reactors within five years if it were to resume operations of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 6 and No. 7 reactors and secure a non-fossil power source ratio of more than 40%, combining renewable energy and nuclear power. Although the reactors passed the government's safety inspection in December 2017, Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has said that he will not discuss restarting the reactors until the results of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Verification Commission's review are available. Kashiwazaki City Mayor Sakurai and TEPCO HD President Kobayakawa at Kashiwazaki City Hall on November 19, 2019, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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