Japan Mulls Plan for One Operator to Run All Reactors: Energy

Japan’s government is discussing a radical overhaul of its nuclear power sector, the world’s third largest, that would combine the nation’s 50 operating reactors into a single company to rebuild an industry that’s been effectively halted by the March 2011 Fukushima disaster.

The company would be owned by Japan’s nine regional utilities, and two wholesalers Japan Atomic Power Co. and Electric Power Development Co., while the government and local reactor makers would give financial and technical support, Taku Yamamoto, who chairs the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s energy committee, said in an interview.