Nuclear energy in Japan: Stop-start

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One plant illustrates the bleak outlook for the country’s idle reactors

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Nuclear energy in Japan

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Nuclear energy in Japan

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THE Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, the world’s largest, is a hub of activity. Its 6,619 employees dutifully clock on and off every day. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), its owner, spent ¥606 billion (.8 billion) last year maintaining it and its other nuclear plants. Yet Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has not generated a single watt of electricity since 2011, when it was shut down along with the rest of Japan’s nuclear reactors after the Fukushima Dai-Ichi …
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Nuclear energy in Japan: Stop-start