{
  "id": 7716112,
  "title": "2 Firms Show Interest in Spent Nuclear Fuel Facility",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/2-firms-show-interest-in-spent-nuclear-fuel-facility",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:18:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091600536/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have expressed an intention to join an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The facility currently accepts spent nuclear fuel only from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Japan Atomic Powe...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}