The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, on the coast of Niigata prefecture, is scheduled to resume commercial operations at one of its seven reactors next month, around the 15th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, disaster that led to a nationwide shutdown of Japan’s atomic energy program. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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