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Japan Restarts Two of Its 50 Nuclear Reactors

Posted by timothy on from the even-numbers-only dept.

Darth_brooks writes "Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday, amid split public response. The Japanese government is trying to fill a summer power shortfall. According to the article, the two reactors supply power to the Kansai region near Osaka, where local officials were predicting a 15% shortfall in power capacity during July and August."

2 of 224 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yep... by mweather · · Score: 4, Funny

    Building coal plants fast enough isn't a problem unless you simultaneously shut down all the nuclear reactors.

  2. Re:That's good news by AK+Marc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't they standardize on 55 Hz?

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