Japan’s nuclear regulator announced on 23 September that Tokyo Electric Power Company is fit to operate the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station, based on new legally binding safety rules the company drafted and pledged to follow.
If Tepco is found to be in breach of the rules, it could be ordered to halt the station’s operations, press reports in Japan said.
Local governments must agree in the coming months to restart the seven-unit station in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan.
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