Posts Tagged ‘ Power ’

Kansai to face the heat reactor-free

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Kansai firms and individuals are bracing for a long summer, as contradictory predictions from Tokyo, Kansai Electric Power Co. and renewable-energy advocates are stirring concern over how much electricity will be available, but not fueling a desire to restart two nuclear reactors that would ensure sufficient power. Since February, when local media reports suggested...

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Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility

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A 10-year, $12.6 billion bailout plan for Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the nuclear plant damaged in the 2011 tsunami, includes replacing top executives and board members. (more here…)

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Japan shuts off nuclear power

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Thousands of people have marched to celebrate the last of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors switching off. (more…)

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Anxious Japan Prepares For Life Without Nuclear Power

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This weekend Japan will begin a bold experiment in energy use that no one had thought possible – until the Fukushima Daiichi power plant suffered a triple meltdown just over a year ago. (more…)

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VIDEO: Japan seeks new energy supplies

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As Japan turns away from nuclear power in the wake of last year's nuclear disaster, it is seeking new energy supplies from sources all around the world. (more…)

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Let public decide on nuclear power in Lower House election

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Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan says the ruling Democratic Party of Japan should create a road map on abandoning nuclear energy and use the plan as a plank in the next Lower House … (read more…)

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