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(Bloomberg) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. will receive approval from a local Japanese governor on Friday to restart the country’s biggest nuclear power plant, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.
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Hideyo Hanazumi, the governor of Niigata prefecture, will clear the two reactors from the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant to resume operations, according to prefectural government documents. He will ask the local assembly to decide whether it has the confidence in his decision and to allow him to continue in his office, according to the document.
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The prefectural approval is the last major hurdle before the facility can restart. It’s hugely symbolic for Japan, and the strongest signal yet that the country is re-embracing nuclear power and slashing carbon from its energy mix. KK, as the plant is known, could provide cleaner power to the nation’s eastern grid, cutting reliance on imported gas and coal and helping Japan achieve its carbon neutrality goals.
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A spokesperson for the Niigata prefectural government said the local authorities had not reviewed the documents and were not familiar with their contents.
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The long-awaited restart of the plant, a sprawling facility on the coast of Honshu, also carries enormous importance for Tepco. The utility was the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, on the opposite coast of Japan’s largest island, when the 2011 meltdown became the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. It continues to pay the price, booking a 903 billion yen ($5.9 billion) charge for decommissioning efforts earlier this year.
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The governor, who is scheduled to speak in a press conference today at 4 p.m. local time, will seek several measures from the national government, such as making sure the power plant stays up-to-date on most recent safety measures, according to the document.
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