Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Villagers swing arms May 16 in protest against a government advisory panel's endorsement of a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be the first incorporation into the government power program of a nuclear plant on a new site since Japan's worst nuclear accident in September 1999.

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