Japanese EDITORIAL: Transparent and open discussion needed to forge new nuke policy

Posted: 20th October 2022


October 19, 2022 at 12:37 JST


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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a government meeting on energy policy at the prime minister’s office in July. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

To brush aside the many problems of nuclear power generation and focus solely on factors favorable to its expansion is tantamount to holding a discussion with a foregone conclusion.

So can we proceed with a major policy shift in such a scripted manner?

Definitely not. The government’s minimum responsibility is to examine the challenges and countermeasures thoroughly and from multiple perspectives.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14746486
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