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Village head asks TEPCO to resume nuke plant construction

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Echizen (L), mayor of Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture, presents Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), with a written request at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, for the utility to resume the suspended construction of a nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan village.

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Scout robot climbs stairs in Higashidori atomic plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A scout robot, displayed to the press by Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Aug. 8, 2014, climbs stairs in the utility's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture.

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Tohoku Electric demonstrates robots at Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. demonstrates scout robots before the press at the utility's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2014.

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Tohoku Electric's drill at Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. conducts an exercise on how to cope with the loss of power sources in a simulated control room at the utility's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2014.

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Tohoku Electric files for safety review to allow reactor resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Inoue, vice president of Tohoku Electric Power Co., (R) submits an application for a state safety assessment of a nuclear reactor at its Higashidori plant to a Nuclear Regulation Authority official in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The No. 1 reactor at the plant is the 19th in Japan for which a safety review application has been filed since safety requirements were tightened last year in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA commissioner's seabed inspection

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) heads to board a fishing boat in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture on May 13, 2014, for a seabed inspection.

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Faults at Higashidori nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Dec. 14, 2012, shows a panel of experts conducting a survey on a geologic fault called F-9 (marked with white dots) at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori atomic power plant in Aomori Prefecture. The panel agreed Dec. 20, 2012, that faults under the nuclear plant are likely to be active, rejecting earlier arguments by the utility.

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Faults at Higashidori nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. A panel of experts led by Shimazaki agreed the same day that geologic faults under Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori atomic power plant in Aomori Prefecture are likely to be active, rejecting earlier arguments by the utility.

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant (front) in Aomori Prefecture. There are active faults under the single-reactor plant, according to a study released Oct. 24, 2011, which called for a review of the seismic safety of the plant.

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TEPCO's Higashidori nuclear station

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on May 3, 2011, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori Nuclear Power Station under construction in the village of Higashidori in Aomori Prefecture.

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Higashidori nuclear power station

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2008 shows the Higashidori nuclear power station in Aomori Prefecture.

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Higashidori nuclear plant opens in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows a group of people protesting the start of commercial operations at the Higashidori nuclear plant of Tohoku Electric Power Co. in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 8.

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Higashidori nuclear plant opens in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows a group of people protesting the start of commercial operations at the Higashidori nuclear plant of Tohoku Electric Power Co. in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO's Higashidori nuclear station

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on May 3, 2011, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori Nuclear Power Station under construction in the village of Higashidori in Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Higashidori nuclear power station

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2008 shows the Higashidori nuclear power station in Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Village head asks TEPCO to resume nuke plant construction

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Echizen (L), mayor of Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture, presents Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), with a written request at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, for the utility to resume the suspended construction of a nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan village. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Electric demonstrates robots at Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. demonstrates scout robots before the press at the utility's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Electric's drill at Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. conducts an exercise on how to cope with the loss of power sources in a simulated control room at the utility's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant (front) in Aomori Prefecture. There are active faults under the single-reactor plant, according to a study released Oct. 24, 2011, which called for a review of the seismic safety of the plant. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear disaster drill in northeastern Japan

People take part in an emergency evacuation drill using a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter in Higashidori in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2020. The drill was held based on the scenario of a leak of radioactive substances from the Higashidori nuclear power plant following an earthquake and tsunami.

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Higashidori nuclear plant in Japan

File photo taken in March 2014 shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo