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Anti-nuclear activists ratchet up pressure to block restart of Kagoshima reactors via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/06/15 by norma field

KAGOSHIMA–More than 1,000 protesters assembled before the prefectural government building here June 13 to oppose moves to restart a local nuclear power plant. If the Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, were to go back online, it would mark … Continue reading →

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Japan effort to restart nuclear plants delayed until after summer via Financial Times

Posted on 2014/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Moves by Japan’s government and electric utilities to restart nuclear power plants idled after the 2011 Fukushima accident are facing further delays and appear unlikely to succeed before the summer peak, prolonging an economically burdensome rise in energy imports. Until … Continue reading →

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Public reactor hearing rocked by alleged government shill via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/07/16 by norma field

SENDAI — A public hearing in Sendai held to gather citizens’ opinions on future energy and environmental policy was disrupted Sunday after a Tohoku Electric official inadvertently selected to be one of the nine speakers at the event was blasted … Continue reading →

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