Japan's last remaining active nuclear reactor goes offline.
There are roughly 100 active reactors listed, and the few I looked at produced an average of 7.3 billion kWH each in 1998.
The other active reactor on the site, Indian Point 3, will continue to operate as normal.
Other elected officials similarly saw fodder in the report for pressing federal regulators to order the closing of Indian Point's two active reactors.
Immediately after Sept. 11, all of the nation's 103 active reactors were put on the highest state of alert.
And despite its proximity to Japan, South Korea, with 21 active nuclear reactors, is moving forward on 18 more.
Its 58 active nuclear reactors (in France) are spread out over 20 sites (nuclear power plants).
Sweden did, however, continue with civilian nuclear power and today (2012) Sweden has 10 active nuclear reactors.
Millstone 2, one of the nation's 103 active reactors, opened in 1975 and has been shut down since Feb. 20, 1996.
All told, the 103 active nuclear reactors in the United States supply about 20 percent of our electricity.