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Monday, March 26, 2012

Fukushima operator shutting down last running reactor

Fukushima operator shutting down last running reactor

Tokyo (AFP) March 25, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has begun steps to suspend operations at its last running nuclear reactor in order to carry out checks. The No. 6 unit at the company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant is expected to be shut down early on Monday, leaving all of the 17 reactors idle, including three units which have suffered a meltdown

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