Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Tokyo Electric Ordered to Keep Kashiwazaki Nuclear Plant Shut After Quake

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's government ordered Tokyo
Electric Power Co. to keep its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power
station, the world's biggest, shut pending safety checks after an
earthquake caused a radioactive leak.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Niigata prefecture in
central Japan, killing nine people, toppling houses and causing
contaminated water from the No. 6 reactor building to escape into
the sea. Trade Minister Akira Amari today handed the order to
utility President Tsunehisa Katsumata, the ministry said. Tokyo
Electric shares dropped to a seven-month low.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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