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International Atomic Energy Agency experts said Tuesday the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, is better coped to deal with terrorism following improvements in its security measures. The finding came after a nine-day mission to evaluate whether operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s counterterrorism measures meet international standards. The review came in the wake of a series of safety flaws, resulting in a two-year operational ban that ended in December. The operator of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, one of the world’s largest nuclear plants by ou…

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