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The Nuclear Regulation Authority on May 29 approved extending the operating lives of two reactors in Fukui Prefecture to 60 years, the seventh and eighth such requests accepted by the nuclear industry watchdog.
Uniindia: Tokyo, May 29 (UNI) The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority has granted a 20-year lifespan extension for two reactors at Japan''s Takahama nuclear power plant (NPP), located in Fukui Prefecture, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday.
Plaintiffs claimed that the design basis earthquake ground motions for the plants are unreasonably low, given past past earthquakes observed in Japan.
A Japanese district court rejected petitions from residents, allowing five ageing nuclear reactors to continue operations, as Japan shifts back to nuclear power to address energy security concerns amidst rising fossil fuel prices.
SSE Pacifico, the Japanese unit of UK energy group SSE, aims to develop 6 gigawatts of offshore wind farms in the country, the company's head said, as SSE looks to Japan as a focus overseas...