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Tohoku Electric to abandon planned nuclear plant in Fukushima!

Kyodo

 

TOKYO, JAPAN, 28 SEPTEMBER – Kasumigaseki – The woman’s active group “KNOW NEW KISS” (Japanese phonetically : No Nukes) at the anti-nuclear demonstration in front of the National Diet Building (Kokkai Gijidou) – Following shyly the example of the Femen’s Ukrainian activist, they use the charm of their naked shoulder an belly to protest about the resumption of the nuclear power after the Fukushima’s crisis. – September 2012

Copyright:Sébastien Lebègue

 

SENDAI – Tohoku Electric Power Co. is planning to withdraw its plan to build a new nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, local government sources said Thursday, in the first such move since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

Tohoku Electric apparently decided it was impossible to go through with the construction plan amid strong local opposition following the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. The utility will exclude the plan from its supply plan for fiscal 2013 to be released later Thursday.

Tohoku Electric has been in the process of acquiring around 150 hectares of land in the town of Namie and Odaka Ward, Minamisoma, but has faced strong local opposition.

The construction site was flooded with tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the area was designated as a no-go zone.

Since the nuclear crisis erupted the same month, Fukushima Prefecture has supported the phase out of atomic energy while the municipal assemblies of Namie and Minamisoma have passed resolutions to stop attracting nuclear power plants to the area, making it difficult for Tohoku Electric to proceed with the construction plan.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/28/national/tohoku-electric-to-abandon-planned-nuclear-plant-in-fukushima/#.UVPOIhyP8xA

March 28, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized