| inbluevt | Date: Thursday, 2013/08/22, 11:24 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Radiation spreading from Japan’scrippled Fukushima plant threatens to derail Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe’s efforts to revive nuclear power and deliver the lower energy prices needed to power his economic reforms. As Abe prepares for a trip tomorrow to the Middle East where he will promote sales of nuclear technology, the atomic industry at home is reeling. Japan’s nuclear regulator said this week that a new radioactive water leak was the most serious incident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant since the March 2011 accident that devastated the site.
The latest setback may stoke public anger over Fukushima, undermining Abe’s efforts to restart some of Japan’s 48 idled atomic plants and boost nuclear exports -- elements of his plan to drive an economic revival.
Abe, who must decide whether toproceed with a sales-tax increase, is counting on re-opening the installations to help reduce energy imports and fuel growth in consumer confidence and corporate earnings.
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