No. 4 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant safe: Hiranuma

No. 4 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant safe: Hiranuma

NIIGATA, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (R) is in talks with Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama at the governor's office July 9. Hiranuma told Hirayama the No. 4 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is safe, a move expected to pave the way for the suspended reactor to be reactivated probably in mid-July. (Kyodo)

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