Japan's Last Nuclear Reactor Shuts Down

AmiMoJo writes "Japan's last active reactor is shutting down today, leaving the country without nuclear energy for the first time since 1970. All 50 commercial reactors in the country are now offline. 19 have completed stress tests but there is little prospect of them being restarted due to heavy opposition from local governments. Meanwhile activists in Tokyo celebrated the shutdown and asked the government to admit that nuclear power was no longer needed in Japan and to concentrate on safety. If this summer turns out to be as hot as 2010 some areas could be asked to make 15% power savings to avoid shortages, while other areas will be unaffected due to savings already made."

Re:Oh Great

[Anonymous Coward]

You can't convince the anti-np crowd or conspiracy theorists with facts. They just keep on repeating the same misinformation hoping it will eventually override all the evidence.

don't worry, the day you prove p=np they will all bow before you. /mutates & /ducks

Try Nature's Power

[Green Salad]

I can think TWO better options. We can reduce the global dependency on uranium by switching to nature's organic power.

1. fuels created from organically-fed, free-ranging dinosaurs.
2. 100% Certified Organic Coal (also reduces dependency on hydro from dams)

Of course, reducing power consumption is part of the equation.

1. Stop reading slashdot using manufactured, powered devices and switch to better alternatives.
2. Stop distributing slashdot using manufactured, powered devices and switch to better alternatives.

Toss your power-hungry, multi-core laptops in the landfill and invest in clay. "Tablets" are power-efficient and will be next big thing in global communications.

Suggestion

[roman_mir]

I suggest Japan switches to powering itself with Activists.

An average size activist has a mass of approximately 70Kg (counting the younger people and women into the average).

70Kg of a raw unadulterated activist contains about 6.3 Ã-- 1018 J, which translates to 6Ã--1015 BTU, or 1.7Ã--1012 KW/hr.

Thus only one activist fully converted into energy should in principle be sufficient to power Japan for about 25 years.

Of-course this is assuming that an activist can be fully converted into energy, but since an average activist is against all forms of energy that people actually need to live, we can also conclude that activists are generally against human survival, and thus they are self-defeating. If the activists get their way, there will be no humans, but there also will be no activists, so by converting activists into energy even in less efficient ways (an open fire stove), would still provide us with some energy and bring the Earth closer to the blissful moment, when the people are removed from it, starting with the activists.