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TEPCO to Remove Fuel from Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 7 Reactor

TEPCO to Remove Fuel from Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 7 Reactor

   Niigata, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will remove fuel from the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant due to delays in the construction of an antiterrorism facility, the plant's manager, Takeyuki Inagaki, told a press conference Thursday.
   The nuclear fuel assemblies were loaded into the reactor last year in preparation for its restart. However, TEPCO has determined that the No. 7 reactor cannot be restarted before the completion of the antiterrorism facility scheduled for August 2029.

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