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Is anybody aware of any Japanese reactor restarts scheduled for...

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    Is anybody aware of any Japanese reactor restarts scheduled for this year?

    Kyushu's at Sendai looks to be one possibility but there are still many hurdles yet to jump before that gets the green light:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/04/us-japan-nuclear-volcano-idUSKBN0EE2BF20140604

    There is a September scheduled change of the guard in Japan's NRA.

    http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201405280023

    September replacements for two outgoing commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority do suggest that the Abe administration will find it easier to gain approval for restarts of the nation's nuclear reactors. Few people in government circles and the nuclear industry will be sorry to see Kunihiko Shimazaki go. A second is retiring. Their successors (Satoru Tanaka, 64, a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Tokyo, and Akira Ishiwatari, 61, a professor of geology at Tohoku University) are expected to more quickly give the green light to reactivate nuclear power plants...

    ...but it's reasonable to conclude that no reactors are likely to be started until at least fourth quarter 2014, and more likely 2015.

    Footnotes:

    1. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority overseeing the safety of its nuclear power industry. The NRA requires facility operators to assume stricter earthquake and tsunami standards in line with new safety guidelines for nuclear reactors implemented last July, and they require improved safety measures to prevent hydrogen explosions and criticalities during emergencies.

    2. In December 2013, a draft of the new 4th Basic (or Strategic) Energy Plan* was issued, with 20-year perspective, and declaring the period to 2020 as a special stage to reform energy systems. It said that nuclear energy is a key base-load power source and would continue to be utilized safely to achieve stable and affordable energy supply and to combat global warming. However, the degree of dependence on it would be reduced as much as possible consistent with those goals and the maintenance of nuclear technology and expertise. Reactors will be restarted as their safety is confirmed by NRA. Used fuel will receive more attention, and the nuclear fuel cycle will be promoted, including R&D on fast reactors.

    In February 2014, METI presented the proposed new 4th Basic Energy Plan to government, which adopted it in April. It lists nuclear as an important one of four base-load options. Two of the others – hydro and geothermal – are limited, and the other is coal, but though cheap, its pollution works against emissions goals and represents a geopolitical risk. Natural gas/LNG was designated as intermediate between low-cost base-load and peaking oil, and capable of complementing the intermittency of renewables. Renewables were given the most space and will be "accelerated to full introduction" though without targets: solar is seen as useful to supply power during peak demand; large-scale deployment of wind could produce significant power, but this would come from northern areas and would require balancing with as-yet undeveloped storage systems. Nuclear power is presented as a quasi-domestic source that gives stable power at low operational cost and with low greenhouse gas profile. Nuclear power is an "important power source that supports the stability of the energy supply and demand structure," it said.
    http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-G-N/Japan/
 
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