Detail Nuclear Winter; Japan's Energy Crisis   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8763 (Dec. 2011), page 32. Topik: Energy Shortages; Nuclear Power Plants; Electric Utilities Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Kyushu and Kansai, Japan's two most nuclear-dependent regions, are bracing for a bitter winter. Citizens of both areas, many of them elderly, have been advised that they may have to turn down the heating because of shortages of nuclear power. It will be another hardship in an already trying year; after the March 11th nuclear disaster they had to swelter through the summer with restrictions on air conditioning. But this time it is not just TEPCO, operator of the stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima, that is getting the blame. People are putting their local power suppliers in the dock too. Take Kyushu Electric. The monopoly that covers the south-western part of Japan will on December 25th suspend the last of its six nuclear reactors for routine maintenance, as it has its other five. In less than a year nuclear power will have dropped from providing 40% of the region's electricity to zero. This is a generic problem. Normally reactors restart once maintenance is complete, but across Japan public safety concerns mean that no suspended reactor has been authorised to resume operations since March 11th. Only eight out of 54 are still in service. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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