Japan has cleared the way to restart the world's biggest nuclear power plant, almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. The Niigata regional assembly has voted to allow the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant to resume operations. It was among 54 reactors shut down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Guest: Tony Irwin, an Honorary Associate Professor at the ANU, and a specialist in nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle'.
Producer: Anne Barker
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FILE — Waves from a tsunami hit residences after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on March 11, 2011. Japan on Monday, March 11, 2024, marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northern coasts. (Kyodo News via AP, File)