Chubu Electric decides to demolish 2 nuclear reactors

Chubu Electric decides to demolish 2 nuclear reactors

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2007 shows the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The power company decided on Dec. 22 to decommission the old reactors and to build a new reactor there.

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