TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Anegawa (R), managing executive officer of Tokyo Electric Power Co., submits applications for state safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture to an official of 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.

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.

TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 21, 2016, alongside Managing Executive Officer Takafumi Anegawa. Hirose apologized over his predecessor's instruction not to use the term "core meltdown" in describing the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the early days of the 2011 crisis, calling the instruction a "coverup." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (L) and Managing Executive Officer Takafumi Anegawa bow in apology during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 21, 2016. Hirose apologized over his predecessor's instruction not to use the term "core meltdown" in describing the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the early days of the 2011 crisis, calling the instruction a "coverup." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Noru moving northeast, causes river flooding

Typhoon Noru moving northeast, causes river flooding

Local residents look at Anegawa river on Aug. 8, 2017, flooded due to torrential rain caused by Typhoon Noru in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo