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Japan's Regulator Clears a Hurdle to Restart World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant - Bloomberg

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Japan's Regulator Clears a Hurdle to Restart World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant - Bloomberg

Japan Nuclear Regulator Removes a Hurdle for Tepco Plant Restart

- Kashiwazaki Kariwa is world’s largest atomic power generator
- Tepco still needs more approvals before it can restart plant

Japan’s regulator cleared one hurdle for the nation’s top utility to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided to remove the de-facto ban on operations at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, public broadcaster NHK reported.

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