The article describes the problems Japan is going to face with electricity supply if they are going to do it with less nuclear power.
Let's face it: a country as prone to earthquakes as Japan should indeed be one of the more cautious ones about where and how they build nuclear power. Again, I suspect that building smaller, self contained reactors, such as those Toshiba and Hyperion have been said to be developing for a few years now, might be the only way to feel more confident about nuclear in that country.
On the other hand, a very geologically quiet country like Australia seems the ideal place for nuclear. But new designs, please.
Meanwhile, in Japan, we'll soon be seeing how well a concerted effort to build up solar power can work:
Japan has a relatively small share of renewables, which account for approximately 5% of its total primary energy supply. The current National Energy Plan has set a target of 10% by 2020. At the G8 summit in France this May, Mr Kan announced a plan to increase renewables to more than 20% of total electricity supply by the early 2020s. The government also plans to install 10 million rooftop photo-voltaic units (solar cells) by 2030.
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