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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Japanese gov't approves TEPCO revival plan, 2 reactors to come back online despite opposition

FROM: N NEWS

TOKYO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Wednesday approved a government revival and restructuring plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the stricken nuclear facility in Fukushima Prefecture that suffered multiple meltdowns following a quake-triggered tsunami in March 2011.
The new turnaround plan, green-lit by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), will see the embattled utility receive 4 trillion yen (38.3 billion U.S. dollars) in additional state backing and espouse the sale by the end of fiscal 2016 of some of its 50.1 percent stake it holds.
The comes under an agreement to assist TEPCO's huge compensation burden, following the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.


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