Japan to be without nuclear power after May 5

[Sundowner]

"With all but one of 54 reactors now offline", Japan will be without nuclear power after more than 40 years starting May 6.
The Fukushima reactors meltdown has changed the face of power production in modern day Japan.

Regards,
Sun

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/japan-nuclear-idUSL3E8FH16V20120417

(Reuters) - Japan will within weeks have no nuclear power for the first time in more than 40 years, after the trade minister said two reactors idled after the Fukushima disaster would not be back online before the last one currently operating is shut down.

Trade Minister Yukio Edano signalled it would take at least several weeks before the government, keen to avoid a power crunch, can give a final go-ahead to restarts, meaning Japan is set on May 6 to mark its first nuclear power-free day since 1970.

"If we thoroughly go through the procedure, it would be (on or) after May 6 even if we could restart them," Edano told a news conference, adding that whether they can actually be brought back online is still up to ongoing discussions.

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where a huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered radiation leaks, has hammered public faith in nuclear power and prevented the restart of reactors shut down for regular maintenance checks, with all but one of 54 reactors now offline.

Nuclear power accounted for about 30 percent of Japan's electricity demand before the Fukushima crisis.......

Complete article at link.

[tassos]

WAY TO GO

[PR3D4TOR]

WAY TO GO

What?

[Bodhi]

That decision is going to cost them dearly in the long run.

[curry1]

This doesn't really make sense just because there is an accident they are going to shut down where they used to get 30% of their power.

[Delirium]

If they start burning oil for power, you're going to see oil prices rise like a 90 year old man on double strength Viagra.

[4deck]

Wind, and Solar, and who else knows. Maybe the shadow does.

Either way, Nuclear comes with a cost, and half life's of 1000's of years, is costly in my humble opinion.

[Delirium]

Unfortunately, Japan has little to no national resources and they are an island country. To import enough oil to produce their energy needs will really hurt their economy.

[TheAssi]

I don't see the big deal.  Green energy is proven and even the US doesn't need oil.

Yes Japan can.

[F22RaptorDude]

I don't see the big deal.  Green energy is proven and even the US doesn't need oil.

Yes Japan can.

If the us got rid of oil people would go into crisis, I would, I need gas for my truck D:

[TheAssi]

If the us got rid of oil people would go into crisis, I would, I need gas for my truck D:

Nah.  You need a high speed magnetic choo choo train to take you to work.

[jimson]

I don't see the big deal.  Green energy is proven and even the US doesn't need oil.

Yes Japan can.

Has to be a joke right? the technology isn't there and green energy in no way can replace conventional and nuclear yet.

[TheAssi]

Has to be a joke right? the technology isn't there and green energy in no way can replace conventional and nuclear yet.

The joke is on you.

If the technology isn't there why would one of the greatest nations ever try to socially engineer its populous?

It's there I tell you.  My car is powered by my own excrement and I get 200 mpg.

[ghi]

The is bad and getting worst, but  media doesn't talk much about this subject to avoid panic; I read some rumors about Japan planing a massive  evacuation, milions of people; the area around the plant is to radioactive even for robots to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxJJ7VX5VUM

[PFactorDave]

This doesn't really make sense just because there is an accident they are going to shut down where they used to get 30% of their power.

Well, in the case of the Japanese people...  They do have some reason to be a little gun shy when it comes to nuclear accidents.

I just wonder how they are going to replace that much power without any significant source of domestic power.  Heck, their lack of natural resources were significant factors in the hows and whys of WW2 and their invasion of China etc.