The ¥49bn ($479.7m) project in the town of Rokkasho is scheduled tostart operations in November 2015.

A Eurusspokesperson told Recharge the company has not yet chosen a modulesupplier, but expects to make a decision soon.

Theofficial said Eurus has several other projects in the pipeline, but declined toidentify them.

Eurusis a venture between utility Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) and Toyota Tsusho,the trading arm of the Toyota Group.