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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Energy crisis: UK could learn from Fukushima response, MPs told

A dimly lit Tokyo at night, March 2011
Tokyo in March 2011. Lights were turned off to save energy in the city after the Fukushima disaster. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Britain could learn from Japan’s response to the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster by reducing energy consumption to deal with soaring global gas prices after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, academics have said.

Suggesting a coordinated response to record gas prices could help ease the pressure on households, experts told MPs on the Commons business committee that steps to reduce national demand for gas-fired power next winter could be deployed.

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