Yamaguchi might nix nuke plant via license (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Kyodo


Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii (Mainichi)

YAMAGUCHI — The Yamaguchi Prefectural Government might invalidate Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s license to reclaim land in the Kaminoseki area for a nuclear power plant, Gov. Sekinari Nii said Thursday.

Nii also told reporters the prefecture will set its policy direction "while examining developments" related to the government's review of nuclear energy policy in light of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

"We would like to give a direction, possibly in the course of the prefectural assembly session convening in June," he said.

The prefecture in October 2008 granted an application by the Hiroshima-based utility to fill in land along the Seto Inland Sea coast of Kaminoseki.

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