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Japan’s Kansai Electric Power schedules nuclear reactor shutdown
The Japanese firm relied on nuclear operations to generate around 45 percent of the western region of Kansai’s electricity before the earthquake. Reactor scheduled to be shut down for regular maintenance
Reactors have been closed for maintenance, safety checks and stress tests following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
Japan’s nuclear operators supplied one third of national energy needs prior to the earthquake and tsunami
Dozens of reactors have been forced to shut down due to safety concerns after the March 2011 incident at Fukushima nuclear plant
Japan now only has two operational reactors out of a total 54
The shutdown of the Takahama No. 3 reactor leaves Kansai Electric with all its atomic power plants offline
Kansai Electric relies the most on nuclear generation
