The president of the Chubu Electric Company has just announced that it will be shutting down some of it's nuclear reactors in order to improve safety conditions. The reactors that will be shut down are in the Hamaoka reactor complex in Shizuoka prefecture. These reactors are only about 100 miles from us in the other direction from Tokyo, so it was big news for us.
For about a month after the big earthquake, there were many aftershocks, but there haven't been many recently. However, it has been predicted that there may be another big quake in this region within the next 30 year. So at the suggestion of the government, the power company will be shutting down these reactors until it can build better sea walls and back up protection. A lot of valuable lessons have been learned from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
The shutdown of these reactors will be affecting areas in Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures. This will include the city of Toyota where we have a lot of friends and family. This of course is also the headquarters of the Toyota Motor Company.
There's some other news about the evacuation area around the Fukushima reactors. The government has announce that it will be safe enough to allow people in the restricted area to come back to their homes for a short trip only so they can get personal possessions etc. However it will still be six to nine months or more before they can move back into their homes.
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