Tepco To Shut Down Last Reactor

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120211a5.html

With all the reactors off line, where ever will Japan get it's electricity??  Guess?  Well, the US is shipping them Coal by the boat load..

Recycling Coal Waste

I thought this was interesting and definitely something to be investigated further. I guess the bottom line for me is how acidic any ash is and just how safe are these ideas are? You will wind up with that whole "give and take" argument about the results overtaking the risks.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/recycled.coal.uses/index.html