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Kansai Electric to scrap 2 old nuclear reactors at Oi plant

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Wow, this article is full of surprising nuggets. I guess we should be happy that old reactors are being scrapped rather than being given costly life extensions. 100 billion JPY to refurbish two of them seems a lot, but Kansai Electric is already investing 830 billion on updating their remaining seven reactors.

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I was under the believe that the life is 30 years. Suddenly became 40, with extensions. Luckily Kobe steel didn't ...

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