Niigata Assembly OKs Restart of TEPCO N-Power Plant

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Niigata, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Niigata prefectural assembly Monday endorsed Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi’s decision to approve a restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture. The move effectively concluded the procedures for gaining the consent of local communities on the restart. At Monday’s plenar…