Fukui Gov. OKs Continued Operations of 3 Nuclear Plants

   Fukui, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto on Monday effectively gave the green light for the continued operations of three nuclear plants in the central Japan prefecture from next fiscal year.
   Sugimoto approved Kansai Electric Power Co.'s revised roadmap for shipping spent nuclear fuel from the plants. The plant operator had said it would halt reactor operations if it failed to gain the prefecture's understanding for the roadmap by the end of the current fiscal year, which ends this month.
   In an online meeting on Monday, the Fukui governor informed industry minister Yoji Muto of his decision after meeting with Kansai Electric President Nozomu Mori at the prefectural office earlier in the day.
   Sugimoto urged Mori and Muto to steadily implement the roadmap and promote regional development in the municipalities where the nuclear plants are located.
   Kansai Electric presented Fukui Prefecture with the revised roadmap on Feb. 13, after Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. delayed the completion of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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