Takahama 2 cleared for ten more years

Takahama 2 cleared for ten more years
Unit 2 of Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukui prefecture has been granted a ten-year operating life extension by the country's nuclear regulator.
At its 8 April meeting, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved Kansai's application - submitted last November - to operate the 39-year-old, 780 MWe (net) pressurized water reactor (PWR) for an additional ten years.
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