Tohoku Electric to scrap aging reactor at Onagawa nuclear plant

Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will scrap the idled No. 1 unit at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi, more than 30 years after it began operation.The company cited difficulties in implementing additional safety measures as well as the relatively low output of the reactor, which would make the business unprofitable. Tohoku Electric President Hiroya Harada conveyed its decision to Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai."We decided to decommission (the reactor) at a board meeting today. We took into consideration technical restrictions associated wi…READ FULL ARTICLE