By TAKASHI ICHIDA/ Senior Staff Writer
December 17, 2019 at 18:15 JST
Japan Atomic Power Co.’s Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
TOKAI, Ibaraki Prefecture--Costs to safeguard the Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant here will run at least 70 billion yen ($642 million) more than the plant operator’s estimate, raising the likelihood that consumers will get stuck covering the difference through their power bills. [Read More]
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