TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in Niigata prefecture, central Japan, is expected to receive approval from the prefectural governor as early as Friday, moving a step closer to reopening a nuclear facility for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.
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Japan governor set to OK restart of world's biggest nuclear plant
TEPCO gets closer to reactor's first resumption since Fukushima disaster
Tokyo Electric Power's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has been idled since 2012 following the 2011 meltdown at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant.
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