Fukui gov. visits Oi plant before decision on reactors' restart

Fukui gov. visits Oi plant before decision on reactors' restart

OI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) listens to a person from Kansai Electric Power Co. at the utility's nuclear power complex in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on June 12 2012. Nishikawa visited the complex to check on safety measures taken in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis as he is expected to endorse the restart of two idled reactors at the plant. To the right is Hideyuki Nakagawa, head of the nuclear safety commission set up by the prefectural government.

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