PT, from a post by S8 on the General forum:
"The 52 reactors in Japan -- which generate a little over 30 percent of its electricity -- are located in an area the size of California, many within 150 km of each other and almost all built along the coast where seawater is available to cool them."
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20040523x2.html
