On July 14, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially ordered that up to 9 nuclear reactors will be restarted! Due to the impact of persistent high temperatures, Japan is facing a severe power shortage. At present, Japan has issued a "power supply shortage alert." Accordin

htmlOn July 14, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially ordered that up to 9 nuclear reactors will be restarted! Due to the impact of persistent high temperatures, Japan is facing a severe power shortage.

Currently, Japan has issued a "power supply shortage alert." According to Japanese media reports, 37000,000 people across the country have been affected by power cuts. This is the first time Japan has initiated this measure in the past 7 years. For every 1℃ increase in temperature, the electricity consumption rate will increase by 2%.

According to Japanese media analysis, in addition to the surge in electricity demand in summer, insufficient power production capacity is also an important reason for the tight supply and demand. Currently, a large number of nuclear power plants are out of operation, while thermal power generation equipment is slightly aging, so increasing production is facing a bottleneck period.

The great earthquake in Japan in 2011 triggered a tsunami, which caused the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and caused a nuclear leak. This incident has also gripped the hearts of people around the world, and most of Japan's nuclear power plants have been forced to shut down.

Kishida Fumio said that since the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has faced great resistance to starting nuclear energy. At present, he still feels this pressure, but in order to ensure stable power supply, he must explain the situation to various places.

Some experts also said that Japan is staging a show of "killing two birds with one stone". Recently, Japan has continued to increase sanctions against Russia and is preparing for possible "countermeasures".

As we all know, Japan is a country that is extremely short of energy resources and relies on imports of its liquefied natural gas .

Natural gas power generation accounts for 40% of Japan’s domestic power supply. Almost all of the liquefied natural gas Japan imports from Russia comes from "Sakhalin 2". Recently, the project has been fully taken over by Russia.

As a country that relies heavily on energy imports, it can be said that Japan does not have much confidence to put pressure on Russia, but its recent performance shows that Japan is still so "unyielding".

Therefore, in order to ensure energy stability and have more power to sanction Russia, Japan must first improve its power generation efficiency. The startup of the nuclear reactor will not only help increase the country's power supply, but also reduce its dependence on Russian energy.

Text | Titled by Wu Kaibin | Reviewed by Huang Zixin | Li Zepu