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VOX POPULI: Exit of ‘eccentric’ Niigata governor in mysterious manner a loss via The Asahi Shimbun

[…]It appears that he has been losing the support of the local political community although he has denied this has anything to do with his decision not to seek re-election. The fact is, while the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was … Continue reading

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Tepco Rises Most in Year After Governor Opposing Restart Retires via Bloomberg News

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc., operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, jumped the most in more than a year after a prefecture governor opposing the restart of one of its reactors abandoned his bid for re-election. Tokyo … Continue reading

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Tepco bid to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant stymied by governor via The Japan Times

Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s road back to becoming a nuclear power utility remains uncertain amid staunch local opposition to restarting the facility at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture. The plant is the world’s biggest nuclear power facility. Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida … Continue reading

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Tepco seeks foreign seal of approval to restart nuclear plant via The Japan Times

Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s invitation to the world’s top nuclear agency to review the safety of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility signals the utility’s desire to win international backing to resume operations at the world’s largest atomic power plant. Kashiwazaki is Tepco’s … Continue reading

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Japanese Governor Says It’s Too Soon To Restart Nuclear Reactors After Fukushima via Huffington Post

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese governor said Wednesday the country should not restart any nuclear plants until the cause of the Fukushima meltdown is fully understood and nearby communities have emergency plans that can effectively respond to another major accident. … Continue reading

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Tepco can’t yet be trusted to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant: governor via Reuteres

(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T) must give a fuller account of the Fukushima disaster and address its “institutionalized lying” before it can expect to restart another nuclear station, the world’s largest, said a local government official who holds … Continue reading

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Tokyo Electric gets OK to seek restart of world’s largest nuclear plant via Reuters

(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co took an initial step forward on Thursday in its plan to recover from the Fukushima nuclear disaster by winning approval from a previously reluctant local governor to apply to restart a plant in western … Continue reading

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Fukushima spill snags reactor restart quest via The Japan Times

Hosts appear split despite nation’s inability to quickly solve water crisis BY ERIC JOHNSTON OSAKA – The Fukushima No. 1 power plant’s continued pollution of the Pacific is fueling growing domestic and international concern about radiation hazards, clouding plans by … Continue reading

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Fukushima Plant Operator Intends to Restart Reactors Elsewhere via The New York Times

[…] The Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as Tepco, said it would soon apply to restart two of the seven reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, the world’s biggest nuclear power station by capacity. That plant, about 140 miles northeast of … Continue reading

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Niigata governor blasts TEPCO for applying for screening to reactivate nuclear plant via The Mainichi

NIIGATA — Gov. Hirohiko Izumida has bitterly criticized Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) for suggesting that it will apply for a safety inspection of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in the prefecture in a bid to reactivate the idled power … Continue reading

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