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Japan’s only 2 operating nuclear reactors to shut indefinitely

Screenshot from 2013-08-13 18:25:25Japan to go nuclear-free during safety checks Fox News, August 14, 2013 OKYO (AFP) –  Japan will go without nuclear power for a period starting September when its only two operating reactors are shut down for mandatory safety checks, a utility company said Wednesday.

Kansai Electric Power, which runs both reactors at the Oi nuclear plant in flag-japanwestern Japan, said the units will go offline on September 2 and 15 respectively for an indefinite duration…… The two Oi reactors resumed operation in July last year while two other units at the same plant have remained offline for safety checks…… A vocal anti-atomic campaign, whose leading lights say the industry had an overly cosy relationship with its regulators in the decades leading up to the disaster, nudged the government into establishing a new industry watchdog.

It has set stricter standards that operators must show they can meet before they will be granted permission to re-start idle reactors. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/14/japan-to-go-nuclear-free-during-safety-checks/#ixzz2c5cMEa00

August 15, 2013 - Posted by | Japan, safety

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