Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Japan moves to restart reactors

Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes

 

Japan moves to restart reactors

With 53 of 54 nuclear reactors closed as a result of the Fukushima crisis, the nation's economy is in a dangerous tailspin.  All it will take is closing one more reactor, and the psychological barriers to opening any of them become twice as high.

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