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Local Governor To Seek Shutdown Of Japan's Only Operating Nuke Plant: Report
A newly elected local governor will ask Kyushu Electric Power Co for a temporary shutdown of Sendai nuclear plant, Japan's only operating facility, as early as August, Asahi newspaper said on Wednesday.
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Japan Utility Appeals Court Order To Shut Reactors
A Japanese utility today appealed a court decision which ordered the shutdown of two nuclear reactors even though they had been declared safe under tougher rules prompted by the Fukushima meltdown.
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Japan Court Orders Two Nuclear Reactors To Shut Down Over Safety Fears
A Japanese court today ordered two regional nuclear reactors to shut down over safety concerns, the plant's operator said, just days before the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Radioactive Water Leak Suspends Japan Reactor Start-Up
A radioactive water leak has halted plans to re-start a reactor at a nuclear power plant in western Japan, which would have been the fourth to come online after a nationwide shutdown, its operator said on Sunday.
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Japan regains nuclear power as first reactor resumes operations
Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nationwide safety shutdown after the Fukushima disaster.
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Japan 'switching off' final nuclear reactor
A Japanese power firm began switching off the country's last working reactor, leaving it without nuclear power just over a year after the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century. As technicians close down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido, the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shr...
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Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?
The shutdown leaves Japan without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 and has put electricity producers on the defensive.
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Japan declares tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant stable
The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced Friday.
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Local Governor To Seek Shutdown Of Japan's Only Operating Nuke Plant: Report
A newly elected local governor will ask Kyushu Electric Power Co for a temporary shutdown of Sendai nuclear plant, Japan's only operating facility, as early as August, Asahi newspaper said on Wednesday.
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Japan Utility Appeals Court Order To Shut Reactors
A Japanese utility today appealed a court decision which ordered the shutdown of two nuclear reactors even though they had been declared safe under tougher rules prompted by the Fukushima meltdown.
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Japan Court Orders Two Nuclear Reactors To Shut Down Over Safety Fears
A Japanese court today ordered two regional nuclear reactors to shut down over safety concerns, the plant's operator said, just days before the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Radioactive Water Leak Suspends Japan Reactor Start-Up
A radioactive water leak has halted plans to re-start a reactor at a nuclear power plant in western Japan, which would have been the fourth to come online after a nationwide shutdown, its operator said on Sunday.
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Japan regains nuclear power as first reactor resumes operations
Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nationwide safety shutdown after the Fukushima disaster.
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Japan 'switching off' final nuclear reactor
A Japanese power firm began switching off the country's last working reactor, leaving it without nuclear power just over a year after the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century. As technicians close down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido, the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shr...
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Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?
The shutdown leaves Japan without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 and has put electricity producers on the defensive.
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Japan declares tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant stable
The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced Friday.
