- Kansai Electric Power Company
nihongo|Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.|関西電力株式会社|Kansai Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha|KEPCO (tyo|9503), also known as nihongo|"Kanden"|関電, is an electric utility with its operational area of
Kansai region (incluing the Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto megalopolis). The company is regarded as one of the leading companies in Kansai, as well as the leader of electric power industry.Power Plants
Total 164 plants , 35,760,000 kw
Nuclear
Accidents and Scandals
Mihama accident in 1991
Mihama accident in 2004
On
August 9 ,2004 , the company reported that five of its employees were killed by a steam burst at theMihama Nuclear Power Plant inFukui Prefecture . The burst, according to the company, was due to the neglect of mandated safety checks and there was no radiation leak.On March 22, 2006, the AP reported that 2 employees were injured in a four hour fire. The fire apparently started in an area of the facility where ash is packed into steel barrels. Some of the waste processed in that area contains low levels of radiation, but monitors outside the facility have shown no signs of leakage. All four pressurized water reactors were operating normally at the time.
See also
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Osaka Science Museum
*Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus
*Kurobe Senyō Railway External links
* [http://www.kepco.co.jp/english/ KEPCO Official website]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/japan.fire.ap/index.html 2006 Incident]
* [http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKT9158920080728?sp=true Japan's TEPCO, Kansai forecast record losses]
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