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Mari Yamaguchi April 28, 2021 - 6:33 AM TOKYO - A Japanese utility received local consent on Wednesday to restart three aging nuclear reactors, clearing the final hurdle needed to put them back online and help meet the country’s ambitious carbon emissions reduction target. Kansai Electric Power Co. said it received approval from Fukui prefecture, home to the three reactors, Takahama No. 1 and No. 2 and Mihama No. 3, which have all operated more than 40 years. The approval from Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto is the first for aging reactors to operate beyond their ...

Three Kansai Electric Reactors To Restart Japanese news outlet Kyodo reports that three reactors in the country now have gubernatorial approval for restarts beyond the post-Fukushima practice of retiring nuclear plants after 40 years of operation. Kyodo notes the 40-year limit was set “in principle,” which allows that it was not a hard and fast rule. The Nuclear Regulation Authority, meanwhile, granted approval for Mihama Unit 3 and Takahama Units 1 and 2 restarts in 2016. As the timeline suggests, regulatory approval and public approval are separate situations and both take persistence ...

28 April 2021 Share The governor of Japan's Fukui Prefecture today approved the restart of three reactors owned by Kansai Electric Power Company - Takahama units 1 and 2, and Mihama unit 3. His consent was the final approval needed for the reactors - all aged over 40 years old - to resume operation. Kansai's four-unit Takahama plant (Image: NRA) At a press conference, Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto said he reached the decision after considering the matter based on the prefecture's three nuclear principles of securing safety, gaining residents' understanding and improving welfare, Jiji Pres...

Nintendo Download: 22nd April (North America) © WayForward The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights (Ubisoft) - Expand your Immortals Fenyx Rising adventure with the game’s third DLC installment, The Lost Gods. Discover a new top-down gameplay experience featuring brawler-style combat and a daring new champion on an epic journey to reunite the Greek gods, includ...

Cash-strapped JAPC funds road plans near idle nuclear plant, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN March 8, 2021, TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture—Multibillion-yen road projects continue on a peninsula here, funded in part by a nuclear power company that has gained no income from electricity for a decade. The roads were planned decades ago for the expected expansion of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant here. Although all nuclear operations and construction at the nuclear plant have long been halted, the work on the roads has not stopped. “We are building a new road,” said a signboard near an area where heavy vehic...