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IEA Chief Calls For Japan To Accelerate Reactor Restarts

By David Dalton
31 March 2025

More nuclear ‘critical’ in bid for energy security, affordability and emissions reductions, says Fatih Birol

IEA Chief Calls For Japan To Accelerate Reactor Restarts
Fatih Birol (right) at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata prefecture, western Japan. Courtesy IEA/X.
Japan should accelerate its efforts to restart some of the country’s nuclear power plants to meet growing demand for electricity, according to the head of the International Energy Agency.

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