Tokyo Electric Power Co. will equip its idled nuclear reactors with filtered venting systems it has developed on its own to hasten efforts to restart them, company sources said Thursday.
The nation's regional utilities are trying to install the system because it's one of the new safety requirements that will be imposed in July to deal with severe accidents.
But Tepco's effort to develop its own filtered venting system is rare. The other utilities are outsourcing the job to heavy machinery makers.