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Japan’s Tepco needs safety review from foreign nuclear operators – adviser　via Reuters

Posted on 2014/12/02 by norma field

(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co should convene a panel of nuclear power plant operators from outside Japan to review its safety standards even if it obtains clearance by regulators to restart the world’s largest nuclear plant, an adviser to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2014/10/15 by norma field

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

Posted on 2013/10/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(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 rally protests moves to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/09/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in central Tokyo on Sept. 27 to oppose Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s moves to restart two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture. TEPCO applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority earlier in the day for … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2013/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

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

Posted on 2013/07/03 by kojimaaiko

[…] 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

Posted on 2013/07/03 by kojimaaiko

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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TEPCO seeks screening to restart nuclear reactors with eye on grim financial status via The Mainichi

Posted on 2013/07/03 by kojimaaiko

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced it will ask the Nuclear Regulation Authority as early as July 8 to assess two reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant to restart them. TEPCO’s hurried move stems from its grim financial … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Tepco sees no quick re-start for biggest nuclear plant via CNBC

Posted on 2012/11/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Tokyo Electric Power Co, known as Tepco, needs to get Kashiwazaki-Kariwa running to reduce fuel costs, which totaled 1.34 trillion yen ($16.87 billion) in the six months through September when none of its reactors were online. Restarting Kashiwazaki was … Continue reading →

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Japan faces nuclear-free summer, power shortage risks via Reuters

Posted on 2012/03/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – The possibility of a nuclear power-free summer in Japan draws closer when one of two remaining reactors shuts down for on Monday for maintenance, raising concerns about a power crunch if none of those taken off-line after the … Continue reading →

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