OPINION: Governor's approval of TEPCO nuclear plant restart in question

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.Prior to his approval, the prefectural government released the results on Nov. 6 of a public option survey that showed strong concerns over the restart.Sixty percent of respondents did not believe that the conditions for restarting the pla…READ FULL ARTICLE