Listen "Japan approves restart of world's largest nuclear plant"
Episode Synopsis
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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