Kansai Electric to halt all reactors for safety checks

Kansai Electric to halt all reactors for safety checks

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji (R) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 13. He said that the company began scaling down the output of three nuclear reactors, the first step of its plan to suspend the operations of all its eight running nuclear reactors to check the safety of their pipes.

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