
Japan has taken a major step toward reviving its nuclear energy program by approving the restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
The Niigata Prefectural Assembly voted Monday to support Governor Hideyo Hanazumi's decision, allowing Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to bring one of the plant's seven reactors back online.