Reactor taken offline

Reactor taken offline

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows building housing the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The reactor, one of the two operating reactors in Japan, went offline in the early hours of Sept. 3, 2013, for mandatory routine checks. Japan will move to a period of no nuclear power generation when the No. 4 unit at the same plant is taken offline for checks on Sept. 15.

Reactor taken offline

Reactor taken offline

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 3 (L) and No. 4 reactor buildings at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 3 reactor, one of the two operating reactors in Japan, went offline in the early hours of Sept. 3, 2013, for mandatory routine checks. Japan will move to a period of no nuclear power generation when the other one, No. 4 unit, is taken offline for checks on Sept. 15.

KEPCO decides to decommission 2 Mihama units

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

High court revokes injunction halting Takahama reactors

High court revokes injunction halting Takahama reactors

People stage a protest rally on March 28, 2017, in front of the Osaka High Court, which revoked the lower court order that idled two reactors at the Takahama power plant in central Japan. The court accepted an appeal by Kansai Electric Power Co. against the first injunction ever issued in Japan to halt operating nuclear reactors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo