Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO) is expected to soon see two of its nuclear reactors clear the initial safety hurdle to bring them back online, even as the company struggles to recover from the 2011 Fukushima crisis, sources close to the matter say. TEPCO, has been spending years…
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO) is expected to soon see two of its nuclear reactors clear the initial safety hurdle to bring them back online, even as the company struggles to recover from the 2011 Fukushima crisis, sources close to the matter say.
TEPCO, has been spending years seeking to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, which is the only nuclear complex operated by the company outside Fukushima Prefecture on the Pacific coast.
It filed for safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 reactors in September 2013.
According to the sources, the commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority will start discussions on the issue from Sept 6, with a view to compiling a draft document that will serve as a certificate that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors have satisfied new safety requirements introduced after the Fukushima crisis.
The NRA wants to reach a conclusion on the issue before its Chairman Shunichi Tanaka’s five-year term expires on Sept 18, the sources said.
