OSAKA -- Kansai Electric Power will begin geological surveys for a next-generation nuclear power plant at its Mihama facility in western Japan, Nikkei has learned, moving toward building the nation's first new reactor since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Japan's Kansai Electric to begin work on next-generation nuclear plant
Surveys mark first move toward new reactor construction since Fukushima accident
Kansai Electric Power's Mihama Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 in Fukui prefecture. (Photo by Maho Obata)
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