Stock in Toshiba, which built 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi comples reactors, has dropped 17 per cent. Hitachi, which built no. 4, has dropped 12 per cent. Tepco, down 78% may be bailed out and taken over by the government, which says it hasn't ruled out taking a stake in the company.
An analyst at Sanford Bernstein says the disaster likely will be a boon for Areva SA of France and Dongfang of China as buyers of atomic reactors move out of the Japanese market.
Toshiba was working on selling 39 reactors by 2015 and Hitachi hoped for 38 sales by 2030.
Sat., Apr. 2, Bloomberg report in Japan Times.

Kyodo News, reported in Japan Times, says the government is considering lifting the ban on shipments of vegetables and raw milk from near the Fukushima plant if they prove free of radioactive contamination in three consecutive tests- senior vice farm minister Tsutsui.
The ban would be lifted on a regional rather than prefectural basis.

Some 170,000 people are at temporary evacuation centers.
Several prefectures have announced they will accept the refugees in their area. It is hoped that they will move in groups, so they may maintain communities in the new environment.
(Much of the resettlement depends on the prefectures, which have control over the matter. Editorial in Japan Times, Apr. 2.)
"It is hoped that local governments that accept evacuees will make adequate preparations such as offering emplloyment and providing public services including education......"