Sooooo...late May for 2.28?

[Spellbinder]

Yearly power outage?

Not criticizing or anything. You do what you gotta do. It just sounds... odd.

Only thing I can think of is hardcore generator testing. But where I work they just start the generator once a week to make sure it turns over in the timeframe it should. We don't take all the power down in the building for it.

It's a Japan thing, varying from company to company, but it's just something they have to do.

For those who understand JP, here's some supplementary info/examples:

法定停電とはなんでしょうか？
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp...il/q1048444960

Company announcement of mandatory power outage (法定停電に伴うサービス一時停止のお知らせ)
http://current.ndl.go.jp/node/2348

[Sevokevo_Royuki]

It's a Japan thing, varying from company to company, but it's just something they have to do.

For those who understand JP, here's some supplementary info/examples:

法定停電とはなんでしょうか？
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp...il/q1048444960

Company announcement of mandatory power outage (法定停電に伴うサービス一時停止のお知らせ)
http://current.ndl.go.jp/node/2348

This explains it all.. And just thinking of equipment that runs 24/7 with no inspections.... (in which the system has to be shut down) can cause serious hazards.. especially working with Nucelur powered Generators.. imagian it.. it getting no yearly inspection and then something happens that causes the Power plant to explode and cause major radiation leaks... Oh man.. That scares the hell out of me and I don't even live in Japan.

Also.. The Google translations for the page are pretty good.

[Xmbei]

This explains it all.. And just thinking of equipment that runs 24/7 with no inspections.... (in which the system has to be shut down) can cause serious hazards.. especially working with Nucelur powered Generators.. imagian it.. it getting no yearly inspection and then something happens that causes the Power plant to explode and cause major radiation leaks... Oh man.. That scares the hell out of me and I don't even live in Japan.

Also.. The Google translations for the page are pretty good.

Thats not how nuclear power works... its not some crazy omg its going to explode any minute. There is way more to what happened with the fukushima incident then the fear that media tells you. Last year NRC came out with a review of the event. But beyond that Nuclear Power is still far safer than any other power source available. The radiation from Fukushima is less then what you get from just being on an international air flight. (I know people call credibility checks, and you can believe me or not, but I live in Japan, and I use to work on nuclear power for 6 years. Including sitting right on top of a reactor control rod, not scared of anything it is perfectly safe)

edit: let me rephrase... They are perfectly safe as long there is competent workers and maintenance personnel, as well as managers that are not shady government regulation revolving door jerks that led to much oversight prior to 3/11