Toshiba to step up reactor-dismantling business

Toshiba to step up reactor-dismantling business

TSURUGA, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said July 17 it will organize a team of about 20 nuclear plant experts to beef up its reactor-decommissioning business. Photo taken in August 1999 shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor (marked by arrow) at its Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, which the company has decided to dismantle.

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