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26 Décembre 2013
December 25, 2013
TEPCO's 10-year business plan presented
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131225_37.html
Japan's state-backed fund for nuclear crisis compensation has broadly approved a 10-year business plan by Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund held a meeting of its steering committee on Wednesday to discuss the plan.
The plan outlines the restarting next year of 2 of the 7 idle reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea Coast. The 2 reactors are now undergoing safety screenings by the government.
TEPCO plans to restart 2 more reactors at the same plant in 2015.
But it says the remaining 3 reactors will not start until 2016, or even possibly until 2023, as preparations are needed to meet new government safety standards.
The utility says it aims to reduce fuel costs for thermal plants by resuming the idle reactors and making profits between one and 2 billion dollars per year.
If the profits are realized the utility plans to gradually reduce electricity charges by up to about 10 billion dollars annually over the next 10 years.
The plan also includes an increase in the government funding for interest-free loans to the utility to pay for compensation and decontamination work from the nuclear accident in March 2011.
The utility and the fund will apply to the government for approval of the plan on Friday.
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