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Japan could manage without nuclear power: and it might do so “momentarily”

It was not certain if and when the government could gain approval from regional authorities around the Oi plant for the reactors to be restarted amid persistent public distrust….
Independent studies show that there will be no power shortages,” said Wakao Hanaoka, the Japan campaign manager for the environment watchdog Greenpeace…. 

Japan may be ‘momentarily’ without nuclear power Google News (AFP) 15 April 12,  TOKYO — Japan may go “momentarily” without nuclear power next month when the only one reactor still in operation shuts down for maintenance work, the country’s industry minister warned Sunday.
Yukio Edano made the comment as the government prepared to restart two offline nuclear reactors amid criticism from media and environmental groups sceptical over the safety of atomic power after the Fukushima accident. “The number of nuclear reactors operating across the country may go down to zero, perhaps momentarily, from May 6,” he said in a seminar in Tokushima, western Japan.
The government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced on Friday that it was safe and necessary to restart the reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in western Japan, which could help prevent power shortages in the summer months.
Only one of Japan’s 54 reactors — in northernmost Hokkaido — is in
operation at present, but it is scheduled to be shut down for
maintenance work on May 5.
But it was not certain if and when the government could gain approval from regional authorities around the Oi plant for the reactors to be restarted amid persistent public distrust….
Independent studies show that there will be no power shortages,” said Wakao Hanaoka, the Japan campaign manager for the environment watchdog Greenpeace…. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jJXsPQMCZMXFcJcabfGPesVtMfaA?docId=CNG.a2a2bebe02999cda00aa940d53895211.c1

April 16, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general