Decision to decommission Ohi Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2 and recognition of a provisional account related to nuclear decommissioning

「During the current consolidated fiscal year, Units 1 and 2 of the Ohi Nuclear Power Station (1,175,000 kW per unit) were retired on 1 March 2018.」

「On 22 December 2017, we decided to decommission Units 1 and 2 of the Ohi Nuclear Power Station and, on the same day, submitted applications to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry for approval of the nuclear specific assets and the nuclear decommissioning-related deferred account pursuant to Article 28-2, paragraph 2 and Article 28-3, paragraph 2 of the Regulation on Financial Accounting for the Electricity Business. Accordingly, the book value of the nuclear specific assets related to the reactors, ¥25,460 million, continues to be recorded under nuclear power generation facilities or construction in progress. In addition, the book value of the nuclear decommissioning-related deferred account, ¥38,198 million, and the equivalent amount of nuclear decommissioning-related expenses, ¥15,381 million, have been transferred to or recorded in the nuclear decommissioning-related deferred account.」