Undamaged Japanese nuclear plants set to go back online
JUN 15, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026105
Washington Post : The town of Oi in Fukui prefecture is separated by 700 km and a mountain range from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants in Northeastern Japan. Yet in the wake of last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Oi’s undamaged nuclear reactors, like others in Japan, were shut down indefinitely. Now, Oi’s mayor, Shinobu Tokioka, has given his approval to restart the reactors. If, as expected, the prefectural governor and Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda sign off too, the power plant could start producing electricity as soon as this weekend.
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