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[March 05, 2006]

Kansai Electric to scrap nuke plant project in Kyoto+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)OSAKA, March 5_(Kyodo) _ Kansai Electric Power Co. has effectively decided to give up plans to build a nuclear power plant in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, amid strong opposition to the project from the local community, company sources said Sunday.



Kansai Electric Power has decided to drop its request for the city to conduct a survey on the proposed project's impact on the environment as the city asked the Osaka-based company in February to retract the request, the sources said. Environmental assessments are required before construction of nuclear power plants.

Kansai Electric will soon formally convey the decision to the city, the sources said.



The scrapping of the project will have little impact on Kansai Electric's operations, the sources said. The project is not included in the company's power supply plan and demand for electric power has been flat due partly to energy-saving efforts by customer companies, they said.

Japan's second-largest electric power company filed the environmental assessment request 31 years ago with the then town of Kumihama, now part of Kyotango.

But consistent opposition from local residents brought the project to a standstill.

When the city of Kyotango was created in April 2004 through the merger of six towns in Kyoto Prefecture, Mayor Yasushi Nakayama expressed opposition to the project.

Among the six towns merged was Kumihama, which had received state subsidies given to municipalities hosting nuclear power plants. But the Kyotango city government did not seek such state funds in December 2005.

Kansai Electric scrapped a joint nuclear power plant project in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, with Chubu Electric Power Co. and Hokuriku Electric Power Co. at the end of 2003.

Kansai Electric has been eying two other sites in Wakayama Prefecture as locations for nuclear plants. But while the sites were picked 30 years ago, no specific construction projects are on the drawing board.

Difficulties in constructing new nuclear power plants are expected to prompt Kansai Electric to rebuild existing plants.

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