www.youtube.com Japan mulls closure of N-reactors by April Oman Tribune June 9, 2011 All 54 of Japan's nuclear reactors may be shut by next April, adding more than billion a year to the country's energy costs, if communities object to plant operating plans due to safety concerns, trade ministry officials said on Wednesday. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which triggered a radiation crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant north of Tokyo, concern among local authorities has kept nuclear generators from restarting at least four reactors that had been expected to come online after routine maintenance and inspection. Fresh food that lasts from eFoods Direct (Ad) Several more reactors have since shut for regular maintenance, slashing Japan's nuclear generating capacity to just 7580 megawatts, or only 36 per cent of its registered nuclear capacity. www.infowars.com
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The earthquake has tested Japan's nuclear industry to its limits. So far, early fears of a leak, notably at the Fukushima reactor have not materialised. The US Air Force said it had delivered coolant to the power plant. In all, four sites continue to cause concern. Euronews spoke to Nuclear Safety Expert, Jean Mathieu Rambach. He told us: ''At the Onagawa power plant there was a fire in the engine room where electricity is produced. At two other sites, Fukushima N1 and N2, there was apparently difficulty in cooling the reactors'' ... www.euronews.net
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