Sony's made from Sunshine?

[allhatnocattle]

So there is the earthquake in Japan. Japan is huge importer of oil. Huge importer of everything in fact. And the nuclear thing seemed not so so bad, but since yesterday it's been looking pretty bad. This much you know already

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I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[squidb0i]

Hefty reviews of existing and probably a moratorium on new, but not a total abandoning of nuclear.

Re: I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[allhatnocattle]

I never said they would. But it's possible, especially considering their bad experiences with nuclear. Regardless, their nuclear won't be on line for years and years to come. Probably decades.

Re: I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[squidb0i]

They have a total of 53 reactors, minus the six currently clusterfucked.

Re: I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[allhatnocattle]

Never said all 53 would go offline. But six are off line now. 2 that will never go back to work. 4 that will likely never go back to work. So there are six which provide energy that will need to be replaced sooner then later. Yes, that energy will have to be replaced somehow.

One clusterfuck in Japan has atomic energy commisions all over the world closely reviewing their own systems and practices. I can't imagine Japan not reviewing theirs. If the Japanese plants are as bad as some are reporting, then a few more will go off line soon.

Re: I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[squidb0i]

True dat.

Re: I don't think they'll just mothball every reactor, that's just silly.

[sandwichwarrior]

Ironically the Fukushima's units 1 and 2 were schedualed for de-com as thier design is nearly 40 years old and newer units have been designed and built that are much more earthquake-resitsant.

Fukushima II is several miles to the south, closer to the epi-center, and not exploding.