Japan closing final nuclear reactor

A Japanese power firm on Saturday began switching off the country’s last working reactor, a spokesman said, leaving it without nuclear power just over a year after the world’s worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century.

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Published: Sat 5 May 2012, 2:30 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 12:22 PM

As technicians took the initial step to close down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido, the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shrill warnings of summer power blackouts.

(AFP)

Published: Sat 5 May 2012, 2:30 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 12:22 PM

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