US EditionJapan gets local consent, clearing a last major hurdle to restart the world’s largest nuclear plant
The restart clears the final local approval for Japan's largest nuclear plant, with TEPCO planning a safety inspection and potential January restart amid energy and climate pressures.
- On Tuesday, Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi formally gave local consent to restart two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, removing the last local barrier to the world's biggest nuclear plant.
- Facing global fuel shortages and higher prices, Japan's government reversed its phase-out plan, while TEPCO, burdened by Fukushima Daiichi disaster costs, pushed to resume its only workable plant.
- Safety tests passed in 2017 but safeguarding problems discovered in 2021 stalled Kashiwazaki-Kariwa's restart, while the Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake in the Noto region rekindled local residents' safety concerns.
- TEPCO is expected to apply for a final safety inspection by the Nuclear Safety Authority later this week, following the Niigata prefectural assembly's budget approval one day before the governor's consent.
- Broader energy and waste-management issues shape the long-term significance of the restart drive, as experts warn that Japan's reactor fleet of 13 reactors raises concerns in a country without full fuel reprocessing or waste plans.
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TOKYO, Dec 24 : Tokyo Electric Power Co plans to restart the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, on January 20, TEPCO President Tomiaki Kobayakawa told reporters on Wednesday.This week, the prefecture assembly in Niigata, the region where the plant is located, gave a
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