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Tue Apr 9, 2013, 10:08 AM Apr 2013

Japan to Have Surplus Power in Summer Without Additional Nuclear

Source: Bloomberg

Japan may have enough electricity supply to meet peak demand this summer without the need to restart idled nuclear reactors, a government report said.

Nine regional utilities will have 6.3 percent surplus supply capacity on average in August, when demand peaks, according to the report today that cites data submitted by the companies. Kansai Electric Power Co. (9503), the utility most dependent on nuclear power, is expected to have 3 percent excess capacity in the three months ending September, the report said.

Japan, which got about 30 percent of its electricity from nuclear power before the March 2011 Fukushima disaster, has 48 reactors lying idle. The nation restarted Kansai Electric’s two units at the Ohi plant last July to avoid power shortages in summer months. Reactors will have to pass new safety standards, which will be set by the Nuclear Regulation Authority in July, before being restarted.

The report assumed none of the idled 48 reactors will be restarted before summer.

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Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/japan-to-have-surplus-power-in-summer-without-additional-nuclear.html

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