Japan Lifts Operational Ban on Fukushima Nuclear Plant Owners

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.