NPR: Chubu Electric Power https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136136985 Chubu Electric Power en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:24:33 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Chubu Electric Power https://www.npr.org/tags/136136985/chubu-electric-power Japanese Utility Closes Nuclear Plant To Build Better Tsunami Defense Chubu Electric Power will suspend nuclear production at its Hamaoka plant south of Tokyo. Last Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked the utility to stop nuclear production there, because the plant lies atop a fault line and just off the Pacific Ocean. Mon, 09 May 2011 10:14:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/05/09/136136724/japanese-utility-closes-nuclear-plant-to-build-better-tsunami-defense https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/05/09/136136724/japanese-utility-closes-nuclear-plant-to-build-better-tsunami-defense

Chubu Electric Power will suspend nuclear production at its Hamaoka plant south of Tokyo. Last Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked the utility to stop nuclear production there, because the plant lies atop a fault line and just off the Pacific Ocean.

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