Chubu Electric Agrees To Suspend Hamaoka (nuclear power plant)

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Source: NHK World

Chubu Electric agrees to suspend Hamaoka

NHK World
Monday, May 09, 2011 20:12 +0900 (JST)



Chubu Electric Power Company has agreed to a request from the Prime Minister to suspend operations at two reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant.

The utility decided at a board of directors meeting on Monday afternoon to halt operations within a few days at Reactors Number 4 and 5 at the Hamaoka complex in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Monday's agreement comes in response to a request made by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday to suspend operations of the active reactors at the complex until new earthquake-resistance work is completed. The Hamaoka plant is located about 200 kilometers west of Tokyo.

With the decision to halt operations at Reactors Number 4 and 5, all five of the plant's reactors will be shut down. Reactors Number 1 and 2 have been shut down for decommissioning, and Reactor Number 3 is undergoing regular inspections.

(http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/fixed/asx/09_27_512k.asx">VIDEO)

See also: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_15.html">Kan: Hamaoka shutdown "exceptional measure"

Read more: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_27.html

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DeSwiss




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1028560/As-mystery-plague-threatens-wipe-bees-scientist-reveal-survival-depends-them.html">Einstein is reputed to have said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would
only have four years of life left. No more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."

The broader message is that technological hubris will always get you in trouble with nature. ~Erik Larson

[SpiralHawk]

1. Chubu a minion of Cthulhu ?

[DeSwiss]

3. Yes. Chubu is Cthulhu's eviler, nuclear twin. n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

5. No, Chubu is just a region in Japan

Like Pacific Northwest, New England, Middle Atlantic, etc. in the US.

[marions ghost]

2. OK

and where do the spent fuel rods go then?

[DeSwiss]

4. Apparently.....

...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4844194">here.