Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?
1 of 2. Employees of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. work using only LED desk lights, during daytime at the company office in Tokyo in this June 30, 2011 file photo, a day before a target to cut electricity use by 15 percent in regions affected by Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami takes effect.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred the nation and if it survives the summer without major electricity shortages, producers fear the plants will stay offline for good.
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Aaron Sheldrick
TOKYO
Fri May 4, 2012 2:14am EDT
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