Operator mulling scrapping 2 old nuclear reactors

Operator mulling scrapping 2 old nuclear reactors

MIHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in May 2013 shows Nos. 1 (front) and 2 reactors at Mihama plant in western Japan. Kansai Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, is mulling scrapping the two reactors, both of which are more than 40 years old.

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