Fukushima aims to become 100% renewable energy reliant, nine years after nuclear disaster

Amid its massive clean-up of one of worst nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is planning to become a renewable energy hub by 2040, as per international reports. Reports state that local government has vowed to meet area's power needs by 100% renewable energy by 2040. Currently, area's 20% power needs are met by renewable energy sources.

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Fukushima: A renewable energy hub?

Reports state that $2.75 billion project will be undertaken by government-backed Development Bank of Japan and Mizuho Bank. Under meg renewable project, 11 solar and 10 wind farms will reportedly be constructed by end of March 2024. power generation will be connected to Tokyo metropolitan area which was previously powered by Fukushima atomic plants by an 80 km long grid, as per reports.

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Japan delays Fukushima cleanup

On or hand, Japanese government has delayed removal of thousands of spent fuel units that remain in cooling pools since 2011 disaster. government and plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., still keep a 30- to 40-year completion target. More than 4,700 units of fuel rods remain inside three melted reactors and two ors that survived 2011 earthquake and tsunami posing a high risk because of ir uncovered stor pools releasing massive riation.

Fuel rods removal at . 1 reactor pool will begin sometime in 2027-2028, while Fuel removal at Unit 2 pool is to begin in 2024-2026. Work at . 3 reactor pool began in April 2019 and all 566 units will be removed by March 2021. TEPCO has emptied pool at Unit 4, which was offline and only suffered building dam, and aims to have all remaining rods in reactor pools removed by 2031 for safer stor in dry casks.

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What was Fukushima disaster?

worst nuclear accident since Cherbyl in 1986, occurred on 11 March 2011 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture. On that fateful Friday, Tohuku area was hit by an earthquake and 14-meter high Tsunami which resulted into three nuclear meltdowns, three hydrogen explosions, and release of rioactive contamination in Units 1, 2 and 3 in consequent days between March 12 and 15. All of Japan’s 54 reactors were shut down and government declared a 20 km-wide evacuation zone - with almost 1,54,000  residents being relocated. Currently, only 9 reactors are functional in Japan after passing stringent tests.

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