Hokuriku Elec hopes to restart Shika No.2 reactor after April 2026

Hokuriku Electric Power Co

24/10/2023 06:03

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Hokuriku Electric
Power  9505.T  hopes to resume operations of the No. 2 reactor
of its Shika nuclear power station sometime after April 2026,
despite last year's plan to restart it in early 2026, a company
spokesperson said on Monday.
    The company submitted a plan to restart the reactor in the
January-March period in 2026 in an application last year to the
government to raise power prices, its president said on Friday.
    "But it now looks difficult to achieve the target due to
delays in the examination process," Takuro Nozaki, the
spokesperson at Hokuriku Electric, told Reuters, adding the
utility now aims to restart the reactor as soon as possible
after April 2026. 

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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