Japan Lifts Operational Ban on Fukushima Nuclear Plant Owners
Voice of America
FILE - Seawater transfer pumps of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are seen during a treated water dilution and discharge facility tour for foreign media, in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Aug. 27, 2023.
Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban Wednesday imposed on a nuclear plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator behind the Fukushima plant that ended in disaster, allowing the company to resume preparations for restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant after more than 10 years.
This handout photo taken June 9, 2024, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024.