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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."

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  1. Re:not actually that unpopular locally by Kalidor · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Agreed. I also like how 32% opposed to the restart, and 38% with no opinions in public polls (numbers in the the same NHK feed they sourced) is "widespread public opposition".

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