Shizuoka assembly votes down nuclear referendum bills

Shizuoka assembly votes down nuclear referendum bills

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2012 shows the plenary session of the Shizuoka prefectural assembly that voted down a revised bill calling for a referendum on whether to restart Chubu Electric Power Co.'s suspended Hamaoka nuclear power station. The original bill was tabled and voted down even after a civic group collected more than 160,000 signatures from people in the prefecture.

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