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Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

FUKUOKA, Japan - (from L) Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa, Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima and Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu distribute handouts calling for electricity saving near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka City on July 2, 2012. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan that day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Top 2 Kyushu Electric executives to resign

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2012. The utility said Uriu will become president, succeeding Toshio Manabe who will resign along with Chairman Shingo Matsuo on April 1, 2012, over a scandal involving the company's attempt to manipulate public opinion regarding nuclear power generation.

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Kyushu Electric to name Uriu as new president

FUKUOKA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu. The company plans to name Uriu as its new president to succeed Toshio Manabe, who will resign over a scandal involving the utility manipulating public opinion on nuclear power generation, company sources said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Kyushu Electric to build thermal power plant in Chiba Pref.

Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., gives a press conference in Fukuoka on March 27, 2015. The utility officially announced the same day that it will jointly develop a coal-fired power plant in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, with Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Tokyo Gas Co. The plant will be the utility's first power station outside Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Elec. president on scrapping Genkai plant's No.1 unit

Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu meets the press in Saga City on March 18, 2015, after explaining to the Saga vice-governor the decision to scrap the No. 1 reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on cost-effectiveness grounds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People stage rally to protest Sendai plant resumption

People stage a rally to protest the expected resumption of the Sendai nuclear plant on March 2, 2015, in front of the headquarters of Kyushu Electric Power Co., the operator, in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka. They demanded they meet with the utility's president, Michiaki Uriu, to discuss the issue, but the company rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Electric Power eyes extended operation of 2 restarted reactors

Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu (R) visits Satsumasendai Mayor Hideo Iwakiri in the southwestern Japanese city on Nov. 18, 2015. Uriu told reporters following the meeting that the company hopes to apply for the extension of the operation of its two recently reactivated nuclear power reactors, some 30 years since their launch, beyond their current 40-year life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Electric chief to seek early nuclear plant resumption

Monitor image shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu addressing the company's general shareholders' meeting in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on June 25, 2015. While some shareholders argued dependence on nuclear power has caused deterioration in its businesses, Uriu said the utility will seek the early reactivation of its reactors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Top 2 Kyushu Electric executives to resign

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2012. The utility said Uriu will become president, succeeding Toshio Manabe who will resign along with Chairman Shingo Matsuo on April 1, 2012, over a scandal involving the company's attempt to manipulate public opinion regarding nuclear power generation. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Electric to name Uriu as new president

FUKUOKA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu. The company plans to name Uriu as its new president to succeed Toshio Manabe, who will resign over a scandal involving the utility manipulating public opinion on nuclear power generation, company sources said on Jan. 11, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Kagoshima gov. hints at dropping request to halt reactors' operation

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (front) is seen at the prefectural government offices on Sept. 9, 2016, after receiving a written rejection from Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu (back) of his request to have the utility immediately suspend the operation of two reactors at its nuclear power plant in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor again requests reactor suspension

Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu meets with reporters on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka after receiving a request from Satoshi Mitazono, governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, to suspend operations of two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant. Mitazono issued the initial request on Aug. 26, but the utility rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor again requests reactor suspension

Satoshi Mitazono (R), governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, hands over a written request on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka to Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu calling on the suspension of operations of two reactors at Sendai nuclear plant. Mitazono issued the initial request on Aug. 26, but the utility rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Electric rejects governor's call to suspend nuclear reactors

Michiaki Uriu (L), president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., hands a written reply to Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono at the prefectural government office on Sept. 5, 2016, rejecting a request by the governor to immediately suspend operations of two reactors at the company's Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagoshima governor asks Kyushu Electric to halt nuclear reactors

Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (L) hands a written request to Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu at the prefectural government office on Aug. 26, 2016, urging the company to temporarily halt two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo