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Mitsubishi Heavy boosts nuclear power hiring as it eyes next-gen reactors

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Mitsubishi Heavy boosts nuclear power hiring as it eyes next-gen reactors

Japan’s IHI steps up hiring and production, but talent pool lacking

Kansai Electric Power said in July that it would begin geological and other surveying at the Mihama nuclear power plant in order to build a new reactor. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

MASASHI ISAWA

September 1, 2025 04:32 JST

TOKYO — Japanese nuclear power equipment manufacturers are expanding their workforces to develop next-generation reactors at a time when the field’s talent pool is especially thin.

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