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Kansai Electric top executives received payoffs from local official via Kyodo News

Posted on 2019/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kansai Electric top executives received payoffs from local official Kansai Electric Power Co.’s top executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen ($1.7 million) from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town hosting the company’s nuclear power plant, sources … Continue reading →

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KEPCO to ship MOX nuclear fuel assemblies from France in 2020 via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By YUSUKE OGAWA/ Staff Writer MARCOULE, France–Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) plans to transport 32 plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies from France to Japan in 2020 at the earliest to help reduce its stockpile overseas. KEPCO plans to use … Continue reading →

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Kepco restarts Takahama No. 4 reactor amid anti-nuclear protest via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/05/17 by nfield

[…] Kepco officials reported no problems during Wednesday’s final preparation to fire up the No. 4 reactor in Fukui Prefecture, which had been idle since a restart attempt was aborted in February last year when an alarm went off due … Continue reading →

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Toshiba’s US nuclear problems provide cautionary tale for UK via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/04/14 by nfield

The roots of Toshiba’s admission this week that it has serious doubts over its “ability to continue as a going concern” can be found near two small US towns. It is the four reactors being built for nuclear power stations … Continue reading →

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Kansai Electric Power : Fukushima aftershock renews public concern about restarting Kansai’s aging nuclear reactors　via 4 Traders

Posted on 2016/11/27 by norma field

  Kansai Electric Power : Fukushima aftershock renews public concern about restarting Kansai’s aging nuclear reactors     0   11/27/2016 | 05:17pm CET   Nov. 27–KYOTO — The magnitude-7.4 aftershock that rocked Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity last week, … Continue reading →

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As residents and reactors age, Fukui’s fortunes fade via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OSAKA – On a gray winter day late last month alternating between rain and sleet, many in the Sea of Japan town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, were feeling sunny. For the restart of Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama plant No. … Continue reading →

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Japan Inc not as keen as Abe government on nuclear power -Reuters poll via Reuters

Posted on 2015/06/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

* Most firms see nuclear power having lesser role than govt target * All Japan reactors are offline in wake of Fukushima disaster * Govt aims for nuclear to be 20-22 pct of energy mix by 2030 * Expectations for … Continue reading →

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Fukui court forbids Takahama nuclear plant restart via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/04/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Plans to bring Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama No. 3 and 4 nuclear reactors back online were dealt a severe setback Tuesday when the Fukui District Court approved an injunction against restarting them, citing safety concerns. It marks the first … Continue reading →

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Japan utilities set to scrap five ageing nuclear reactors via Reuters

Posted on 2015/03/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Three ageing nuclear reactors in Japan will be decommissioned due to the high cost of upgrading them in line with tougher safety standards set after the Fukushima disaster, their operators said on Tuesday. Another two reactors were also … Continue reading →

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Kepco may scrap two aging reactors over upgrade costs via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/09/05 by norma field

OSAKA – Kansai Electric Power Co., the operator of the Mihama nuclear power plant in western Japan, is mulling scrapping two aging reactors at the complex, as it may be too costly to upgrade equipment to meet new standards imposed … Continue reading →

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