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17 Avril 2015
April 17, 2015
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
ROKKASHO, Aomori Prefecture--Japan’s biggest solar power plant is scheduled to start a trial run in July in this village where the opening of a planned nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has been repeatedly delayed.
Construction of the Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park is almost complete. It is capable of generating 115 megawatts, which is enough to supply 38,000 households and makes it the largest solar-powered producer of electricity in the nation.
The facility uses 513,600 solar panels, most of which were produced by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. After the trial period, the power plant is expected to enter full operation in November.
In contrast, the Rokkasho plant to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, a key element of Japan’s nuclear recycling program, has been postponed a number of times due to technical difficulties.