[NukeNet] 1 Reactor worth of power saved

[Citizens' Nuclear Information Center]

Who needs nuclear power when you can have energy conservation?

Philip White

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20071003a8.html

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

Tepco customers save reactor's worth of power
Kyodo News

Tokyo Electric Power Co. may have avoided a power supply shortage 
stemming from the shutdown of its biggest nuclear plant thanks to 
conservation efforts by corporate and household users, according to a 
Tepco estimate released Tuesday.

The amount of electricity saved was equivalent to the output of one 
reactor, Tepco said.

The utility used TV commercials and other means to ask customers to 
carry out such energy-saving measures as raising their air-conditioner 
settings. The campaign was launched after a powerful earthquake in July 
forced the company to shut down its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power 
plant in Niigata Prefecture.

In July and August, Tepco sent a questionnaire to some 160 offices, 
department stores and other corporate users to check their use of 
electricity.

Tepco also received replies from about 2,000 households to an Internet 
survey carried out in August for the same purpose.

Analyzing survey findings about air-conditioner temperatures, Tepco 
estimates that some 1.1 million kilowatts of electricity were saved 
this summer, including 540,000 kw by households and 520,000 kw by 
businesses.

The saved electricity of 1.1 million kw is equivalent to the output of 
the No. 1 reactor in the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant.
Reactor lid opened

NIIGATA (Kyodo) Work for a full inspection of the quake-damaged No. 7 
reactor began Tuesday at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 
nuclear power plant. Workers opened the lid on the pressure container, 
the main body of the reactor. Of the power plant's seven reactors, No. 
7 was the first to have its lid removed following the deadly July 16 
quake.

The Japan Times