Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, September 24, 2012

Japanese Cabinet Stops Short of Endorsing Phase-Out Plan

Industry/Regulatory/Political

• The Japanese cabinet has endorsed a government policy panel’s strategy to gradually reduce nuclear as part of the country’s energy mix, while dropping a proposal to end the use of nuclear energy “in the 2030s.” Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said days after the strategy was unveiled that “flexibility” in implementing the plan was important in the face of “a variety of uncertainties”…