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Kansai chiefs accept ‘limited’ reactor restart via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/05/31 by norma field

OSAKA — Kansai leaders, including vocal critic Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, reversed weeks of opposition Thursday to restarting two of the reactors at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, caving to intense corporate lobbying and central government pressure and … Continue reading →

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Doubt in Kansai grows over plant restarts, blackout predictions　via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/04/20 by norma field

OSAKA — Distrust of the central government’s conclusion that the Oi No. 3 and No. 4 reactors are safe to restart and doubts over Kansai Electric Power Co.’s predictions of possible blackouts without them have grown in Kansai this week. … Continue reading →

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Mayors organize antinuclear forum via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Fifteen current and former mayors will hold a conference this month to lobby against nuclear plants, one of the mayors said. “We thought we should set up the conference before Kansai Electric Power Co. restarts its Oi nuclear plant” in … Continue reading →

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Fukui nuclear panel members took utility-linked grants via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/03/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Several members of a panel expected to be key in the restart of nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture have accepted 14.9 million yen ($180,000) in research grants from an organization linked to the plant operator as well as an electric … Continue reading →

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Japanese officials ask KEPCO to break away from nuclear energy via Enformable

Posted on 2012/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Throughout the past year, international government and state utility officials have said what happened in Fukushima, Japan, could never occur at any other nuclear power station in the world.  In Osaka Japan, a joint prefectural committee has recommended that the … Continue reading →

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Big cities lobby Kepco to drop nuclear power via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OSAKA — Three major cities in the Kansai region — Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe — jointly urged Kansai Electric Power Co. on Monday to make greater efforts to part with nuclear power in light of the triple-meltdown crisis at the … Continue reading →

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Kepco woes mean Kansai must use less juice: Edano via The Japan Times online

Posted on 2011/07/19 by norma field

The government is expected to ask people in the Kansai region to save more electricity after a reactor at the Oi nuclear plant was manually shut down over the weekend due to a problem with its cooling system, Chief Cabinet … Continue reading →

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