Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

Only 1 out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating

NIIGATA, Japan - A display in the central control room for the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture indicates that output of the reactor has fallen to zero at 0:06 a.m. on March 26, 2012. TEPCO suspended operation of its last running nuclear reactor for a routine checkup, leaving only one of 54 commercial reactors in Japan still in service.

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