Oi mayor OKs restart of local nuclear reactors

Oi mayor OKs restart of local nuclear reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Shinobu Tokioka, mayor of the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, speaks at a meeting of the municipal assembly in Oi on June 14, 2012. Tokioka said he agrees with the restart of the idled Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the Oi nuclear power station of Kansai Electric Power Co.

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