Governor again puts off OK for new nuclear plant

A prefectural governor in western Japan has suspended his decision to permit or reject a land reclamation project to build a nuclear power plant.

Yamaguchi Governor Shigetaro Yamamoto spoke to assembly members on Monday. He said he has decided to ask Chugoku Electric Power Company for a more detailed explanation of why the plant should play a major role in the state's energy policy.

The reclamation project, in the coastal town of Kaminoseki, was halted following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011.

Chugoku Electric last October filed for an extension of the project, which the governor rejected.
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