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PrintThe chief of Japan's steel industry vowed Thursday to cooperate with the nation's efforts to save electricity this summer amid concern over a serious power shortage in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
"Our willingness to continue cooperation has not abated since last year," Eiji Hayashida, chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation, told a news conference.
Hayashida, concurrently president of JFE Steel Corp., also stressed the need to resume operation of idled nuclear reactors, saying, "It is necessary to maintain Japan's economic activities."
He made the remarks prior to the scheduled suspension of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari plant on May 5, the only one of the country's 50 commercial reactors currently in operation.
The prospects for restarting reactors are bleak as the government is facing difficulty securing the consent of local governments in the face of public anxiety over the safety of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster.
Hayashida cautioned that even if some reactors are restarted "the nation's electricity supply-and-demand situation will be tight this summer," calling on utilities to release further details of their projections as speedily as possible.
On Monday, demand estimates from nine of Japan's power utilities showed that electricity supply at Kansai Electric Power Co. and two other utilities is likely to fall short of maximum projected demand in August if all of the 50 reactors remain idle, even if businesses and households cooperate in limiting power consumption.
Source: Mainichi Japan
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