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KEPCO opens special checks on Takahama plant to reporters

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, shows the No. 1 reactor vessel of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan town of Takahama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. allowed reporters to view special checks being conducted on the Nos. 1 and 2 units there. The checks are aimed at allowing the reactors to operate beyond the limit of 40 years.

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KEPCO starts special check on Takahama Nos. 1, 2 reactors

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in the town of Takahama along the Sea of Japan. The utility said on Dec. 1 that it has started special checks on the No. 1 (L on the front) and No. 2 (R on the front) reactors to enable their operation beyond a 40-year limit set for their lifespan.

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KEPCO delays plan to file report on faults at Mihama plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Buildings housing the No. 1 to 3 reactors (from F) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, are shown in this file photo taken in May 2013. The utility known as KEPCO has abandoned its initial plan to compile a report within April 2014 on its additional research to ascertain whether fault lines under the premises of the plant are active or not.

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Compiling Mihama fault probe results delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines earth layers near the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, in December 2013. KEPCO appears to have given up on completing a conclusive report on the fault lines by the April 2014 deadline and submission of the report to the NRA is also expected to be delayed, a source familiar with the matter told Kyodo News on April 23, 2014.

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KEPCO head apologizes before Diet for nuke-plant accident

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji bows his head while apologizing before a House of Representatives panel Aug. 31 for Japan's deadliest accident at a nuclear power plant, which took place in Fukui Prefecture earlier this month. Five workers died and six others were injured in the accident at the Mihama nuclear power plant.

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Police investigate accident at KEPCO nuclear power plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Investigators walk to a facility housing the turbines for the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 10, one day after a steam leak accident there killed four people and injured seven others.

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KEPCO given formal nod to pioneer MOX fuel use in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) meets with Yosaku Fuji, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., at the prefecture government offices in Fukui on March 20 to convey a decision to follow the state and the Takahama municipal government in allowing the power company to use mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear plant in Takahama in the prefecture.

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Deal signed on N. Korea reactor project

SEOUL, South Korea - Desaix Anderson (L), executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and Choi Soo Byung (R), president of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), shake hands Dec. 15 after signing a turnkey contract to build two light-water reactors for North Korea. The signing ceremony at KEPCO's office in Seoul were witnessed by officials from the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU), the four KEDO board members.

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Police investigate accident at KEPCO nuclear power plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Investigators walk to a facility housing the turbines for the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 10, one day after a steam leak accident there killed four people and injured seven others. (Kyodo)

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KEPCO head apologizes before Diet for nuke-plant accident

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji bows his head while apologizing before a House of Representatives panel Aug. 31 for Japan's deadliest accident at a nuclear power plant, which took place in Fukui Prefecture earlier this month. Five workers died and six others were injured in the accident at the Mihama nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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KEPCO decides to decommission 2 Mihama units

File photo taken May 2013 shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Mihama nuclear power station in the central Japan town of Mihama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. decided on March 17, 2015, to decommission the two units, which have been operating for more than 40 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO opens special checks on Takahama plant to reporters

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, shows the No. 1 reactor vessel of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan town of Takahama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. allowed reporters to view special checks being conducted on the Nos. 1 and 2 units there. The checks are aimed at allowing the reactors to operate beyond the limit of 40 years. (Kyodo)

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Self-driving vehicle by KEPCO affiliate

Photo taken Oct. 2, 2020, in Osaka shows a self-driving vehicle developed by an affiliate of Kansai Electric Power Co.

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto (2nd from R) holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto (C) holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto holds a news conference in Osaka on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO President Takashi Morimoto

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto meets the media in Tokyo on March 30, 2020, after submitting plans to improve its corporate governance to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in the wake of a bribery scandal involving company executives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO headquarters in Osaka

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2019, shows Kansai Electric Power Co. headquarters in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO given formal nod to pioneer MOX fuel use in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) meets with Yosaku Fuji, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., at the prefecture government offices in Fukui on March 20 to convey a decision to follow the state and the Takahama municipal government in allowing the power company to use mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear plant in Takahama in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Deal signed on N. Korea reactor project

SEOUL, South Korea - Desaix Anderson (L), executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and Choi Soo Byung (R), president of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), shake hands Dec. 15 after signing a turnkey contract to build two light-water reactors for North Korea. The signing ceremony at KEPCO's office in Seoul were witnessed by officials from the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU), the four KEDO board members.