Nuke restart to cut Japan’s direct-burning fuel use

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Tokyo—The restart of the 890 MW No 2 Sendai nuclear reactor Thursday is expected to cut Kyushu Electric’s winter oil demand for thermal power generation by around 88% on the year, a company source told Platts. Kyushu Electric’s crude and fuel oil consumption will likely be about 100,000 kiloliters or 629,000 barrels over December-March 2016, down from more than 800,000 kl or 5 million barrels in the same period a year ago, the source said.