海外の反応-日本、福島第一原子力発電所事故から15年を経て世界最大級の原発の再稼働へ準備を進める

Japan prepares to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
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海外のナナシさん

Japan has little choice. Given its heavy dependence on imported energy, nuclear power can help reduce the pressure of rising energy costs.

海外のナナシさん

How does a Country import energy? Do they have electric lines? Or is it oil?

海外のナナシさん

Countries import energy through importing energy sources. Be it oil, gas, coal, or nuclear fuel.

海外のナナシさん

In Japan’s case, its grid is “islanded” so there are no interconnections to other countries.

海外のナナシさん

Country’s import fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal), which can then be burned at local power plants to produce electricity + heating (simple explanation). Japan has little actual fossil fuels on their islands, so they import 90% + of it by sea from other nations, thus they’re an “energy importer”.

海外のナナシさん

Generally either/or or maybe natural gas or coal or etc
depends on the infrastructure available

海外のナナシさん

they import oil, coal, and gas.

After fukushima we started importing insane amounts of LPG from our biggest economic rival, China.

Shutting off ALL the reactors, and taking so long to get them back running again is one major reason Japan has been kneecapped the past 15 years. Then covid hit, which took out the other knee.

海外のナナシさん

How did they get kneecapped? Their stock market just hit all time high after the “lost 30 years”

海外のナナシさん

It’s both of those. There are giant undersea electric cables so they can send electricity can be sent directly between countries. Otherwise it’s mostly the import fossil fuels like liquid natural gas that are then used in local power plants.

海外のナナシさん

Everything you said, and natural gas /coal as well. In Japan’s case, since it is an island nation, it’s mainly imported oil and LNGs.

海外のナナシさん

They have excellent renewable resources, and a domestic battery industry. They have failed to properly exploit both, just like they did with EVs.

海外のナナシさん

Damn. It has been 15 years since Fukushima? Now I feel old…

海外のナナシさん

Feels like 5 years ago maybe 7.

海外のナナシさん

5 years ago was covid

海外のナナシさん

This one hits way harder than the others. It feels so much closer.

海外のナナシさん

Probably because things didn’t get back to (somewhat) normal until 2022

海外のナナシさん

If it makes you feel any better, it is actually 6 years. By most estimates, it started in Wuhan in late 2019 and we’re in Dec 2025 now

海外のナナシさん

That’s because your older lol.

海外のナナシさん

They ran a program this year on the anniversary. The kids who were in kindergarten and elementary schools at the time went back to see their old classrooms. They are all adults in college now, seeing their old backpacks and desks frozen in time after evacuation, it was quite a haunting image.

海外のナナシさん

Can’t really blame them for that. Japan doesn’t have that many resources to use as energy, so it seems like nuclear energy is the way.

Although I would like for Japan to build a bigger seawall this time, pretty sure the last one was too short.

補足

1フィートは30.5cm

海外のナナシさん

pretty sure the last one was too short.

What gave you that impression?

海外のナナシさん

The seawall was around 19 ft long. The tsunami measured up to 133 ft. The estimates do vary greatly, although all are taller than the seawall.

海外のナナシさん

Could also put the backup generators on higher platforms too.

海外のナナシさん

Can’t believe it’s been 15 years since Fukushima

海外のナナシさん

This is the country that figured out how to get uranium from sea water. I’m glad they are getting back on track.

海外のナナシさん

Perhaps someone in the nuclear field can chime in. But with the Japanese nuclear industry basically arrested for the last 15 years, it seems they are at a crossroad. Where they either restart the plants or risk the industry never truly coming back. I’m sure nuclear trained personnel are aging with retirement looming. Add in the stigma due to Fukushima and a declining birth rate, the pool of nuclear trained personnel has to have shrunk.

海外のナナシさん

Japan has been slowly bringing reactors back online since 2015. So, they’re not starting off completely cold. But yes, the industry is facing challenges such as an aging workforce (which the government is trying to offset with educational incentives, exchange programs, international cooperation, etc).

海外のナナシさん

About half the plants ARE already back up and running. They did it very quietly over the past 15 years so people would notice as little as possible.

Too many stupid people were protesting nuclear power, to the countries detriment.

海外のナナシさん

Access to seawater is great for for cooling. Access to major tsunamis… Not as great.

海外のナナシさん

Wow, I remember this, I didn’t realize it had been 15 years!

海外のナナシさん

Good. Opening nuclear plants is gonna give Japan more energy security in case shit pops off

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