Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Ohi nuclear units need to restart, Japanese PM says

Ohi nuclear units need to restart, Japanese PM says
The two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Ohi nuclear plant must be restarted, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said. Returning the reactors to operation will help the economy and help meet the area's electricity demand, Noda said in explaining his decision. He stressed that additional safety measures have been put in place since the Fukushima Daiichi incident. Google/The Associated Press

Japan PM says two reactors must restart for "survival of society"
Reuters
Nuclear power had supplied nearly 30 percent of Japan's electricity before last year's quake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima plant, spewing radiation and forcing mass evacuations. All of the country's 50 reactors have gone offline since, ...

Japan's Kansai Electric prepares for summer blackouts-Nikkei

Reuters - ‎13 minutes ago‎

| June 9 (Reuters) - Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Co will continue to prepare for potential rolling blackouts this summer despite effectively getting the go-head to restart its Ohi nuclear power plant, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Japanese PM says no choice but nuclear

Aljazeera.com - ‎

Yoshihiko Noda angers anti-nuclear lobby with call for two reactors to be restarted to head off energy crisis. Yoshihiko Noda, the Japanese prime minister, has said that the country should restart two nuclear reactors to avoid an imminent energy crisis ...

News Summary: Japan PM says 2 reactors needed

BusinessWeek -

By AP NUCLEAR PITCH: Japan's leader appealed to the nation Friday to accept that two nuclear reactors that remained shuttered after the Fukushima disaster must be restarted to protect the economy and people's livelihoods.

Noda stresses need to restart Oi N-reactors / Fukui governor likely to give OK ...

The Daily Yomiuri - ‎

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stressed Friday that it is necessary to reactivate idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture for the sake of the country's people. The No. 3 and 4 reactors at the plant should be reactivated, ...

Noda Presses Nuclear-Restart Case

Wall Street Journal -

By TOKO SEKIGUCHI TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday that nuclear energy is a vital source of power that the nation and its economy can't do without, in an attempt to accelerate the government's plan to restart two idled nuclear ...