TOKYO - Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi in late November approved the restart of the Nos. 6 and 7 reactors of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. The No. 6 unit has already resumed operation -- the first time that a reactor has been restarted by TEPCO, the company responsible for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

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