Tokyo Frets as Nuclear Shutdown Hits Energy

Worries about energy supply in Japan grew Thursday as officials said an earthquake-hit nuclear plant would stay shut at least for the summer amid fresh safety fears.

“We’ll do our best for stable electricity supply, utilising our existing thermal power plants, but we may need to ask our customers to save on power,” Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Ryo Shimizu said.
The seven million-kilowatt Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant accounts for more than 10 percent of the total energy supply of TEPCO, the world’s largest private power company.

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