Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Off Last

TOKYO, KOMPAS.com - For the first time since 1970, japan's supply of free electricity from nuclear power. ON Saturday (05/05/2012), Japan began the procces off nuclear power plant outage last remaining active in the country. 


Electric energy company hokkaido eletric power CO, began the procces  off reactor shutdown as routine maintanance procedures at the Tomari nuclear power plant in northen japan at 17:00 (15:00 GMT) today. Control rods begin to put into the reactor core, to begin to stop the nuclear chain reaction. 


On sunday morning, the whole procces of  ''Cloud Shutdown'' in the reactor with a capacity of 912 megawatts is expected to be completed. with this tomary nuclear power plant outage, all nuclear power reactors in japan has been extinguished, following the disaster that struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant kast year.


Radiation leak tha occured in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, due March 11, 2011 tsunami has made people lose confidence in japan's nuclear power plant safety. since that event, all the reactors in japan that has been extinguished prior to undergoing routine maintanance, has not been allowed back on.


In fact, about 30 percent of japan's electricity supply comes from nuclear power plant.


The lost of power supplies has sparked fears of nuclear power shortages in the summer, when all the building will turn the air conditioner that requires a large electric power.


Japanese trade Minister Yukio Edano and three other minister have ben trying to find public support. to the enable the  return of two nuclear reactors at nuclear  power plant  owned by Kansai electric power Ohi order to avoid a power shortage in summer.
Hovewer, the japanese public still opposes the plant.