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2 central Japan nuclear reactors get 20-year service extension
The aging No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant in central Japan are approved by the nuclear regulator to continue operating for 20 more years, as the government maintains support of the technology's use in the resource-poor country's energy mix.
The decision makes them the seventh and eighth reactors nationwide that the Nuclear Regulation Authority has green-lit for extensions after 40 years of operations. Operator Kansai Electric Power Co. applied for the extension in April 2023 after carrying out special inspections of the facilities. But in May 2023, the Japanese government enacted a bill to introduce a new system that will allow the country's nuclear reactors to operate beyond the current 60-year limit.
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