Tepco Applies for Niigata Restart Amid Fukushima Cleanup
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crisis-ridden Fukushima Dai-Ichi atomic plant, applied to restart another nuclear facility in western Japan, even as it works on the cleanup at Fukushima.
Tokyo Electric, also known as Tepco, submitted documents to Japan’s nuclear regulator today seeking safety checks on two reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, it said in a statement. The application is a step toward restarting the station, which was idled for maintenance in March 2012. The Tokyo-based utility’s shares surged as much as 11 percent.