25 March 2016 (06:50 UTC-07 Tango 01) 06 Farvardin 1395/15 Jumada t-Tania 1437/17 Xin Mao 4714

For decades we’ve been told nuclear power plants were the cheapest way to generate a lot of electricity over the long run, but now Japan is shutting down reactors precisely because they cost too much to operate!

Shikoku Electric Power Company announced they’re shutting down and decommissioning reactor 1 at its Ikata nuke plant in Ehime Prefecture.  SEPCo says the 39 years old reactor has become too expensive to operate, and it will cost to much money to upgrade it!

Japanese news media revealed that five other nuclear reactors across Japan have been shutdown for the same reasons!

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