- Fewer than a third, and at most about two-thirds, of the reactors will pass today’s more stringent safety checks and clear the other seismological, economic, logistical and political hurdles needed to restart, a Reuters analysis shows.
- Would mean Japan is likely to remain heavily reliant on imported fuel
- Japan had 54 nuclear reactors supplying about 30 percent of the nation’s electricity before an earthquake and tsunami … The six reactors at that plant are shut forever
- Of Japan’s remaining four dozen reactors, 14 will probably restart at some point, a further 17 are uncertain and 17 will probably never be switched back on, the analysis suggests.
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More problems for the Japanese administration.
