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ADVERTISEMENT. In a reversal, the new policy says nuclear power provides stable output and serves "An important role as a carbon-free baseload energy source in achieving supply stability and carbon neutrality" and pledges to "Sustain use of nuclear power into the future."
Nuclear energy accounts for less than 7% of Japan's energy supply, and achieving the government's goal of raising its share to 20-22% by fiscal 2030 will require about 27 reactors, from the current 10 - a target some say is not achievable.
Despite the failure and closure of the Monju plutonium-burning reactor, Japan insists on continuing with spent-fuel reprocessing at the trouble-prone Rokkasho plant and nuclear fuel recycling, which has created a stockpile of excess plutonium and drawn international concerns over its nuclear safeguards.


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