Japan’s nuclear crisis is continuing to unfold but importers are already on the lookout for LNG to fill the likely energy supply gap.
It is clear that additional demand from Japan will not be short-lived. The severity of the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will inevitably lead to deep doubts about the safety of the technology.
That spells trouble for the government’s plans to use new nuclear capacity to meet emissions targets, plans that were already in doubt before the massive earthquake and tsunami.
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