Japan says nuclear closure could affect CO2 target - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Japan says nuclear closure could affect CO2 target
Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:22AM EDT

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TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Japan's plan to cut carbon
dioxide emissions under the Kyoto Protocol could be
affected if an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant is
closed for a long time, the country's trade minister
said on Tuesday.

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (9501.T) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
facility -- the world's biggest nuclear power plant --
in northwestern Japan was ordered shut after radiation
leaks and a string of other problems following last
week's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 11 people.

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TEPCO said last week it would work existing thermal and
nuclear plants harder to meet high summer electricity
demand. The use of the thermal plants would raise
carbon emissions.

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Japan's nuclear industry -- which supplies about one-
third of the country's electricity needs and is central to
its efforts to battle global warming -- has been tarnished
by cover-ups of accidents and fudged safety records.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUST21639320070724

[phantom power]

1. I hope we can follow up on what their eventual reaction to this is.

Will they wait it out until they bring these plants back on line? Will they build something else to replace them? If so, what will they choose to build? And where?