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Nuclear restarts not yet a threat to Japan’s LNG

By Catriona Scott
Posted 18 February 2015 17:01 GMT
Sendai nuclear plant, Japan. Restarts at Japan’s shuttered nuclear plants will start to affect the country’s appetite for LNG over the next 12 to 24 months. (PA) Sendai nuclear plant, Japan. Restarts at Japan’s shuttered nuclear plants will start to affect the country’s appetite for LNG over the next 12 to 24 months. (PA)

Restarts at Japan’s shuttered nuclear plants will start to affect the country’s appetite for LNG over the next 12 to 24 months. However, a drastic drop in import volumes is not expected this year.