Hitachi to keep Nuclear
Despite the Fukushima plant disaster, Japanese multi-national Hitachi
will keep its nuclear business development plan and aims to land orders
for more than 38 nuclear reactors from around the world, including from
India by 2030, a top company executive has said.
"Nuclear plants are globally important electricity sources," a Vice
President and Executive Officer, Tatsuro Ishizuka said in a recent
interview with Kyodo News yesterday.
"We would like to further improve the safety of nuclear plants and
promote them as a key business pillar," he said.
While the Japanese government, following the crisis at the Fukushima
Daiichi plant caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is
reconsidering its policy of expanding the number of nuclear plants in
Japan, Hitachi has decided to retain the nuclear business plans it
adopted prior to the March disaster.
Ishizuka indicated that even if Japan freezes construction of new
nuclear reactors, Hitachi may accelerate its reactor marketing efforts
in foreign countries, including emerging economies where electricity
demand is expanding sharply.
Hitachi hopes to get orders for 20 reactors from utilities in Asia
and the Middle East, and for 12 nuclear reactors from utilities in North
America, he said. |