Upon the decision, at a press conference on the same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that the Japanese government would promote restart nuclear power plants in line with the Strategic Energy Plan. To this end, the government will explain thoroughly to people in the siting area the results of the examination, nuclear and energy policy, and disaster prevention measures.
On July 15, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), which had conducted an examination of the Ikata-3 (PWR, 890MWe), owned and operated by the Shikoku Electric Power Co., to confirm its compatibility with the new regulatory standards, approved the company's request to change a reactor installation (basic design approval).
