Mitsubishi Heavy boosts nuclear power hiring as it eyes next-gen reactors

Japan's IHI steps up hiring and production, but talent pool lacking

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Kansai Electric Power said in July that it would begin geological and other surveying at the Mihama nuclear power plant in order to build a new reactor. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

MASASHI ISAWA

TOKYO -- Japanese nuclear power equipment manufacturers are expanding their workforces to develop next-generation reactors at a time when the field's talent pool is especially thin.

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