9/15/2011 Second Fukushima plant unlikely to reopen: Japan minister

Source: AFP
Date: 9/15/2011

TOKYO — Japan's new industry minister has acknowledged it will be difficult to restart the companion nuclear plant to the one at the heart of the country's atomic crisis, media reports said.
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6/8/2011 | Tepco release of tainted water halted

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Fisheries Agency nixes No. 2 facility discharge
Kyodo

A plan by Tepco to release water containing traces of radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant into the Pacific has been halted by stiff opposition from the Fisheries Agency, sources said Wednesday.
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5/8/2011 JST | Shut down being considered for Fukushima No. 2: Loss of public confidence in nuclear energy may lead to decommissioning of sister plant

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011 JST

Kyodo

The govenrment is thinking of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant in deference to those who have taken the brunt of the ongoing nuclear crisis, a government source said Saturday.

Fukushima No. 2, which is situated on the Pacific coast about 10 km south of its crippled sister facility, Fukushima No. 1, successfully completed a cold shutdown after being hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, which temporarily disabled its cooling systems.

Because plant manager Tokyo Electric Power Co. faced a severe power shortage in the Kanto region after the disaster, attention is focusing on whether the utility will attempt to restart the four-reactor No. 2 power station.
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5/8/2011 Kyodo Time | Shut down being considered for Fukushima No. 2 Loss of public confidence in nuclear energy may lead to decommissioning of sister plant

Source: Japan Times
Date: 5/8/2011 Kyodo Time

Kyodo

The govenrment is thinking of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant in deference to those who have taken the brunt of the ongoing nuclear crisis, a government source said Saturday.

Fukushima No. 2, which is situated on the Pacific coast about 10 km south of its crippled sister facility, Fukushima No. 1, successfully completed a cold shutdown after being hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, which temporarily disabled its cooling systems.

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