Kansai Electric to shut Mihama No.2 reactor for water leak

TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power Co , Japan's second-largest utility, said on Friday it will manually shut down the 500-megawatt No.2 reactor at its Mihama nuclear plant in western Japan.

The cause of the unplanned shutdown is a water leak within the unit, the company said, adding that it will announce the details of the move at 0700 GMT.

(Reporting by James Topham and Osamu Tsukimori)

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