日本中部电力公司

日本中部电力公司下属的滨冈核电站座落在太平洋沿岸，地震学家早就预测，这一地区会发生大地震。

The Hamaoka plant of Chubu Electric Power sits on the Pacific coast in an area that seismologists say is long-overdue for a massive earthquake .

日本中部电力公司总裁在新闻发布会上宣布了这一消息。

Chubu Electric President Akihisa Mizuno announced the decision at a news conference .

日本中部电力公司可以重新启动已经废弃了的燃煤和天然气发电站，但也只能弥补滨冈核电站停产造成短缺的一半。

Chubu Electric can restart older coal and gas-fired plants that had been taken out of service , but that will only make up about half the shortfall of the Hamaoka plant .

日本中部一家电力公司称其正停止该国第四大核电站的运转，以待其提高安全性。

A power company in central Japan says it is suspending operations at the country 's fourth largest nuclear power station until it makes safety improvements .

上星期五，日本首相菅直人要求日本中部电力公司停止滨冈核电站的运行，但是菅直人没有下令停止运行的权力。

On Friday , Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked the company to stop Hamaoka , but he did not have legal authority to do so .