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Shut down Japan’s 2 operating reactors – call from Osaka governments

Kyodo: Gov’t calls for shut down of Japan’s only 2 operating reactors  http://enenews.com/kyodo-government-calls-for-shut-down-of-japans-only-2-operating-reactors
  September 4th, 2012  By ENENews 
( (Subscription Only) Title: Osaka pref., city gov’ts call for halt to 2 Oi plant reactors
Source: Kyodo News
Date: September 4, 2012

The Osaka prefectural and municipal governments on Tuesday called for a halt to the operation of two reactors at the Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture ahead of the end Friday of this summer’s more than two-month power-saving period.

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Kansai Electric […] restarted the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the four-reactor Oi plant in July

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In a joint statement adopted at their meeting on energy earlier in the day, the two local governments said the two reactors should be shut down, noting the demand-supply situation for electric power is not so tight and that many Japanese nationals now want a nuclear-free Japan.

The decision to restart the Oi reactors does not respect people’s wish for a nuclear-free Japan, it said.

September 4, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics