Oil pricesare alsolikely to be kept athigh levels by increaseddemand from Japan, where damagefrom theMarch11earthquakeandtsunami has led to the shutdownofonenuclear power facility.
Five years ago, a Cuban airforce defector in a MIG-29 fighter aircraft -- flying undetected until outside Key West, Florida -- confirmed that he had trained to attack the Turkey Point nuclearpowerfacility in South Florida.
Simple math shows that a marginal gas or oil well has a power density at least 22 times that of a wind turbine while a nuclearpower plant has a power density that is more than 8 times that of a solar photovoltaic facility.
The December election of Mr. Abe, however, has bred new life into Japan's nuclear-power program and the prospects for the Rokkasho facility, said government and industry officials.