Fukushima operator to ask for OK on reactor restarts

Fukushima operator to ask for OK on reactor restarts
Tokyo (AFP) July 02, 2013 - Fukushima operator TEPCO said Tuesday it would ask Japan's nuclear watchdog for permission to restart reactors at the world's largest atomic power station, its first such request since the disaster two years ago. Tokyo Electric Power Co is readying an application for the re-firing of two of the seven units at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Niigata prefecture in the north of Japan. The entire powe ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Fukushima_operator_to_ask_for_OK_on_reactor_restarts_999.html