Economics
Japan Nuclear Free First Time Since 1970 as Last Reactor Shuts
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Japan’s last operating reactor shut, leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time in more than four decades.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari No. 3 reactor in northern Japan stopped generating electricity at 11:03 p.m. on the night of May 5, halting for scheduled maintenance, said Satoshi Takada, a spokesman for the utility. Fission ceased at 4 a.m. yesterday.