Restart of Huge Nuclear Power Plant Faces Backlash in Japan

Restart of Huge Nuclear Power Plant Faces Backlash in Japan

Local residents and anti-nuclear activists in Japan oppose the restart of one of the world’s biggest nuclear power plants and its operator’s plan to invest money in revitalizing the regional economy. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which also operated the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prior to the 2011 disaster, has planned for years to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in the Niigata prefecture. But the company faces backlash …