Tiny Kaminoseki town and idyllic Tsushima island could soon play host to radioactive spent fuel from atomic energy plants elsewhere in Japan that are running out of the storage space. Residents oppose the plans, but observers say ‘it’s all about money’.
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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.