Hearing on new nuclear plant faces protest

Hearing on new nuclear plant faces protest

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Residents opposing a Chugoku Electric Power Co. plan to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, stop a van carrying supporters of the plan Oct. 31 before the central government held first public hearing on the plan in the town. The hearing is the first of its kind since Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident occurred at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture in September last year.

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