TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Anegawa, managing executive officer of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters after submitting applications for state safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture to the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. TEPCO joined moves by four other utilities in Japan seeking to reactivate atomic power plants to improve their business conditions.

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