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Graphic because we d talked about this, as well, about how japan compares with other countries when it comes to how much nuclear generated electricity they have. look at france up there, 75%. japan s 30%, we re not far behind at 20%, and canada at 15%. now, in japan, there are 30, but christine and i were looking into this this morning, this fukushima daiichi plant with six reactors is about 18% of that 30%. it s about 5% or 6% of their electricity. 10% of the electricity is offline because of the earthquake and tsunami. and also a country that s a big net importer of energy needs. japan has an energy problem right now. as we ask those questions about how long they re going to continue to try to repair and rebuild at this plant, or do they have to call it a day? they ve got to replace it with something because that is 5% or 6% of their electricity in that country. it s a big, big topic. coming up next on american ....

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