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TEPCO against developing renewable energy

Japan utility behind nuke crisis says can’t afford to develop renewable energy, WP, By Associated Press, September 6  The head of the Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday that he believes nuclear power should be part of the country’s energy mix, even though the government and the public seem to feel differently.

COST CONCERNS: Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., also said the utility can’t afford to invest in alternative energy since the earthquake-tsunami crisis last year, which wiped out the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant and caused extensive radioactive
meltdowns….. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/japan-utility-behind-nuke-crisis-says-cant-afford-to-develop-renewable-energy/2012/09/06/e1b943a8-f84c-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html

September 7, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general