The Japan off the last nuclear power plant, nuclear free country

With the end of the last of the 50 nuclear reactors in operation, on Saturday, May 5, 2012 Japan will again be a nuclear-free country for the first time since 1970 when it went into operation at Tokai Japanese first reactor capable of producing 1000 mW of electricity. The energy demand in Japan for over one third is covered by nuclear power. Therefore, the closure of all stations, following the crisis in Fukushima, the plant destroyed by the tsunami of 2011, raises fears of an energy crisis this summer, when there will be a peak consumption of heat-related.Doubts, however, do not stop the activists. "Some politicians and some nuclear energy expert - says Tatsuya Yoshioda, a leading NGO Peace Boat - will say that without nuclear energy our life can not exist. But now in Japan, This is not true at all. Our life can go on even without the atomic power stations. "In Japan we have always been particularly attached to atomic energy - says a man victim of the bombing of Nagasaki - our government has always said it was safe but has betrayed us. Now we want that Japan no longer use this form of energy. " "After the war - added a woman, who was among the survivors of Hiroshima - the victims of the atomic bombings were in favor of nuclear power, because you had to restart the economy. After Fukushima, however, we suddenly remember that it can be destructive. "Officially, the last Japanese atomic plant, in Tomari, Hokkaido Island, will close for maintenance for 70 days. In reality, its future is uncertain and not you know if and when the Japanese government will consent to its reactivation.