Japan's energy strategy and the significance of nuclear energy

The starting point for Japan's energy strategy is her poor self-sufficiency in energy supply, and her high vulnerability to interruptions to imported supplies. The subject is discussed under the headings: basic energy strategy (long-term energy supply and demand outlook of Japanese Government (1982) for coal, nuclear, oil, gas, hydro, geothermal and new energies); alternative energy supplies; the outlook for oil; relative generating costs; the role of nuclear power. (U.K.)