SINGAPORE (ICIS)– Kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na Japan Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) ya sake fara gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci a tashar samar da wutar lantarki ta Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) mai lamba 6, wani muhimmin lokaci mai cike da tarihi a kokarin rage bukatar LNG a fannin wutar lantarki na Japan yayin da kasar ke fama da sabbin matsin lamba na bukatar sabbin kayayyaki kuma tana neman hanyoyin samar da sabbin kayayyaki.
TEPCO ta ce a ranar 16 ga Afrilu ta sake fara ayyukan kasuwanci a na'urar samar da ruwan zafi ta 1.35GW bayan ta sami takardar shaidar tabbatarwa da kuma takardar shaidar dubawa kafin amfani da ita daga Hukumar Kula da Makamashin Nukiliya ta Japan (NRA).
Samar da wutar lantarki ta kasuwanci ta ci gaba da aiki da ƙarfe 4:00 na yamma agogon yankin, wanda hakan ya zama na'urar nukiliya ta farko da ke aiki a wurin KK tun shekarar 2012 bayan da aka rufe dukkan tashoshin samar da wutar lantarki a ƙasar a jere bayan hatsarin tashar nukiliya ta Fukushima Daiichi da TEPCO ke jagoranta daga babban tsunami a watan Maris na 2011.
Mahalarta kasuwar sun ce sake kunna KK Unit 6 - babbar cibiyar nukiliya guda ɗaya a Japan idan dukkan sassan bakwai suka sami damar zuwa intanet, wanda zuwa yanzu da alama ba zai yiwu ba idan Sashe na 7 kawai zai yiwu a shekara mai zuwa ko biyu - zai maye gurbin samar da iskar gas kai tsaye a yankin samar da wutar lantarki na TEPCO, musamman a lokutan kafada da lokacin bazara lokacin da fitar da makamashin nukiliya zai iya aiki a manyan matakan ƙarfinsa.
A cikakken amfani, KK Unit 6 zai iya rage ƙonewar LNG gabaɗaya idan aka yi la'akari da maye gurbin fitar da injinan iskar gas na zamani, 'yan kasuwa da masu sharhi sun kiyasta, kodayake ainihin ƙaura zai dogara ne akan jadawalin katsewa, buƙatar grid, da tattalin arzikin watsa zafi.
'Yan kasuwa da dama sun ce sake fara amfani da makamashin nukiliya zai iya rage yawan iskar gas da Japan ke fitarwa da kayayaki daya zuwa biyu a kowane wata, idan aka yi la'akari da cewa makamashin nukiliya na iya samun karko.
"Sake kunna na'urar KK Unit 6 yana rage matsin lamba kan buƙatun ƙarfin lantarki na LNG a gabashin Japan," in ji wani ɗan kasuwa na Japan. "Wannan yana nufin ƙarancin matsin lamba kan buƙatun LNG na wurin, kodayake na'urar guda ɗaya kaɗai ba za ta iya bayyana da sauri ba a cikin raguwar siyan tabo ko ayyukan sake siyarwa."
Amma darussa ne da aka koya daga matsalolin da suka shafi tsarin mulki, sarkakiyar sake kunna na'urar samar da makamashin nukiliya da kuma sabuwar tsara bayan kusan shekaru 14 a waje, suka ba da labarin sake kunna wasu na'urorin nukiliya goma sha takwas da yanzu ba a waje ba kuma za a iya sake fara aiki a saman, balle sabbin tashoshin nukiliya.
"Matsayi na sake buɗe kowace tashar nukiliya a Japan yana nufin sauraron ra'ayoyin jama'a, duba dokoki da kuma la'akari da siyasa mai mahimmanci a yankin," in ji wani mai nazarin makamashi a Singapore.
"Mun ga hakan da KK; dole ne gwamnan ya yanke shawara kuma ya bi dukkan shawarwari. Amma wataƙila jerin gaggawa na makamashi daga tsunami na 2011, yakin Ukraine da kuma yanzu da Gabas ta Tsakiya - manufofi da fahimtar jama'a na iya zama masu sauƙin daidaitawa."
Tare da KK, Japan yanzu tana da tashoshin nukiliya 15 a kan layi, kuma dangane da kulawa da aiki, snafus tana da ikon sarrafa ƙarfin nukiliya zuwa kusan GW 33, a cewar bayanai na baya-bayan nan daga Hukumar Ba da Bayani kan Makamashi ta Amurka (EIA).
An rufe wasu tashoshin samar da wutar lantarki guda 24 na nukiliya har abada.
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Bukatar iskar gas ta Japan ita ce batun muhawara kan manufofi da alaƙa da ɓangaren masana'antu mai faɗi a cikin jiragen ƙasa masu amfani da wutar lantarki, jigilar kaya da kayayyakin more rayuwa na makamashi - tare da hanyoyin mai da makamashi mai sabuntawa da waɗanda ba burbushin halittu ba waɗanda galibi ake magana a kansu dangane da wasu shirye-shiryen rage gurɓatar iska kamar kamawa da adana carbon (CCS).
A lokacin yakin Iran, masu shigo da makamashi a duk faɗin Asiya, ciki har da Japan, sun juya ga tsare-tsaren tsaron makamashi waɗanda suka nuna alamun bayyanannu na masu siyan LNG sun riga sun rage amfani da su, masu amfani da ƙarshen suna neman hanyar shiga kwal da makaman nukiliya inda zai yiwu, da kuma gano ayyukan kasuwa da ke kiyaye ƙimar haɗarin siyasa.
Sake kunna makamashin nukiliya ya kuma inganta tarin farashin samar da makamashin TEPCO, domin samar da makamashin nukiliya ya fi rahusa fiye da samar da makamashin LNG a ƙarƙashin hasashen farashin mai da iskar carbon na yanzu. Masu sharhi suna tsammanin karuwar samar da makamashin nukiliya zai yi tasiri ga lokutan watsawa da iskar gas da kuma yaduwar hayaki a gabashin Japan.
Ga masu sayar da LNG, dawo da manyan na'urorin nukiliya masu nauyi ya haifar da damuwa game da sassaucin buƙata na dogon lokaci a Japan, musamman ganin yadda sabunta kwangiloli ke mamaye tattaunawar siye zuwa ƙarshen shekaru goma, wani jami'in samar da LNG ya shaida wa ICIS.
"Wannan ya nuna cewa ko da an samu cikas da dama - Japan za ta iya samun damar samar da makamashin nukiliya da karfin gwamnati da kuma biyan wasu bukatu."
A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, ƙoƙarin sake kunna makaman nukiliya na Japan zai iya ganin manyan na'urori guda uku suna zuwa ta yanar gizo: Tomari‑3 (0.91 GW, Hokkaido Electric Power), Tokai Daini (1.16 GW, Japan Atomic Power Company), da Onagawa‑3 (0.83 GW, Tohoku Electric Power).
Duk wani ƙarin sake farawa bayan waɗannan zai fi yiwuwa ya faɗi cikin lokacin 2027-28 kuma ya kamata a ɗauke shi a matsayin fa'ida mai yuwuwa maimakon tsamman tsammani mai tsauri.
Jirgin ruwan Tohoku mai amfani da wutar lantarki na Higashidori Unit 1 (1.1 GW) yana ci gaba da aiki a karkashin binciken NRA tare da ci gaba da bunkasa tsunami da girgizar kasa, kodayake an ambaci shi a matsayin sake farawa "na gaba".
Hakazalika, Shimane Unit 3 (1.37 GW Chugoku Electric) an kammala shi a fasaha, amma mai aiki ya fi mayar da hankali kan sake farawa da Shimane‑2 da farko kuma matsalolin jerin gwano a NRA suna nufin cewa Unit 3 ba zai zama sake farawa ba kafin 2027.
A halin yanzu, Chubu Electric ta yi nasarar dakatar da burin sake farawa a Hamaoka na ɗan lokaci, inda Units 3-5 (3.6 GW) suka kasance ba tare da an haɗa su ba a tsakanin binciken girgizar ƙasa bayan Fukushima da koma-baya kan barazanar tsunami, wanda hakan ya bar kamfanin ya kasance a gefen sake kunna makaman nukiliya na Japan a halin yanzu.
Lokacin Saƙo: Afrilu-21-2026