☢ 74% of Japan's Nuclear Reactors Will Be Out of Service This Month August ☢

Monday, August 22, 2011 06:28 +0900 (JST)
74% of Japan's nuclear plants to halt this month
Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to shut down a reactor in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, for a regular inspection this month. This means 74% of Japan's nuclear reactors will be out of service.

If TEPCO shuts down the No. 7 reactor of the Kashiwazaki-kariwa nuclear power plant, 40 out of 54 nuclear