Japan

It will be 60 years old by the time of its retirement in 2036.

3 sets of 44MW hydroelectric generating equipment shall be supplied.

The deal stipulates that Japan's assistance must be for "peaceful purposes" only.

This is if both Takahama and Ohi reactors don't restart by 2017.

Growth is predicted to slacken to just 6.9% by 2020.

Bankruptcy nightmares start threatening the utility.

Technical and safety issues have been hogging the reactor.

It has become highly dependent on coal and LNG.

2,687-ha of area off the city port will be leased.

This is JBIC's first time to provide GREEN finance to the Philippines.

It will generate around 119.8TWh of electricity per year.

Commercialisation is targeted in 2020.

Several months ago, I happened to see an NHK World's web-based documentary on a Japanese city called Kashiwa-no-ha (KNH) "Smart City" – an institutional collaborative initiative partnering municipal (Chiba Prefecture, Kashiwa City), commercial/business, and educational (universities) entities1.

Installed capacity share will fall to just 4% in 2040.

2.0-magnitude aftershocks rattled areas near Tokai NPP.

Doubts heighten for the country's running reactors.