The law stipulates that the "Basic Energy Plan" showing the country's medium- to long-term energy policy should be reviewed every three years. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will open a subcommittee of the Comprehensive Resources and Energy Research Committee, which is made up of external experts, to undertake consideration work.

The current plan decided by the Cabinet three years ago includes positioning nuclear power as an "important base load power supply", while accelerating the introduction of renewable energy.
In addition, the "energy mix", which the government decided to decide on how to combine power sources, said that the ratio as of 2030 is "20% to 22%" by nuclear power generation, "renewable energy is" It is 22% to 24% ".
Of these nuclear power plants, five nuclear power plants are operating under new regulatory standards, and according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the ratio of the total power supply is several percent.
On the other hand, bias is being seen in photovoltaic power generation of renewable energy, and the introduction of wind power and geothermal power etc. is not advanced in actuality.

Based on these circumstances, the discussion work starting on the 9th will focus on the way of nuclear policy, including the necessity of restarting the nuclear power plants, and the well-balanced spread of renewable energy, etc. We are aiming for a compilation during the current fiscal year.

In reviewing this time, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is planning to maintain the skeleton of the current plan, but it is also interesting whether discussion about new expansion and rebuilding of nuclear power which is not currently included will be exchanged It will be.