Back in the 1960s and 70s, getting rural Japanese communities to accept nuclear power plants was hard.

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It is hard to imagine any nuclear power plant owner allowing the same misuse to occur again.

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As such, it has fought hard not just for nuclear loan guarantees but also for tougher clean air standards that give it a leg up over those utilities that rely on coal.

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