Further regulatory steps required May boost prospects for wider reboot For an interactive graphic on the status of Japan s nuclear reactors, click tmsnrt.rs/2OTpNfA (Adds story links, background)
TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power received approval to restart three 40-year-old, long-idled reactors, which could pave the way for a revival of a nuclear energy sector largely dormant since the Fukushima disaster a decade ago.
The approval on Wednesday from Fukui Prefecture Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto was the first in four years and is needed to allow any return to operation following the post-Fukushima shutdown.
It could stir opposition from a public still wary of atomic power, but officials have called for new nuclear plants to help meet government climate targets to decarbonise the country’s heavily industrialised economy.
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FILE PHOTO: Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power plant (from R-L) No.1, No. 2. No. 3 and No. 4 reactors are seen in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
By Aaron Sheldrick and Yuka Obayashi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power received approval to restart three 40-year-old, long-idled reactors, which could pave the way for a revival of a nuclear energy sector largely dormant since the Fukushima disaster a decade ago.
The approval on Wednesday from Fukui Prefecture Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto was the first in four years and is needed to allow any return to operation following the post-Fukushima shutdown.
Further regulatory steps required May boost prospects for wider reboot For an interactive graphic on the status of Japan s nuclear reactors, click tmsnrt.rs/2OTpNfA (Adds story links, background)
TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power received approval to restart three 40-year-old, long-idled reactors, which could pave the way for a revival of a nuclear energy sector largely dormant since the Fukushima disaster a decade ago.
The approval on Wednesday from Fukui Prefecture Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto was the first in four years and is needed to allow any return to operation following the post-Fukushima shutdown.
It could stir opposition from a public still wary of atomic power, but officials have called for new nuclear plants to help meet government climate targets to decarbonise the country’s heavily industrialised economy.
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