The was a proposed nuclear power plant in Maki in Niigata Prefecture but the application was withdrawn. It would have been operated by the Tōhoku Electric Power Company.
The site was a former village that had been buried in sand and became a ghost town in 1971.
Time line 1982: Initial application for permission to build the plant. 1983: Analysis halted. 1994: The mayor of Maki called for the mothballed plan to be revisited. During the same year there was a local referendum. 1995: Mayor resigns, replaced with anti-nuclear mayor. 1996: Anti-nuclear mayor holds referendum, townspeople veto reactor. 1999: Ghost town land sold to anti-nuclear faction. 2003: Pro-nuclear minority loses Supreme Court battle, Tohoku Electric announces application will be withdrawn. 2 February 2004: Withdrawal of application
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