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Since then, Japan has restarted 14 of the 33 that remain operable,as it tries to wean itself off imported fossil fuels.<br \/>Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will be the first operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co, which ran the doomed Fukushima plant.<br \/>Around 300 protesters, mostly older people, holding banners reading &#8216;No Nukes&#8217;, &#8216;We oppose the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa&#8217; and &#8216;Support Fukushima&#8217; gathered in front of the Niigata prefecture assembly on a chilly, grey Monday, as local lawmakers prepared to make their decision later in the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is set to take the final step to restart the world&#8217;s largest nuclear power plant on Monday when the region of Niigata votes on the resumption of operations, in a watershed moment for the country&#8217;s pivot back to nuclear energy nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km northwest of Tokyo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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