Breitbart By John Hayward
The assembly of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Governor Hanazumi Hideyo’s plan to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been shut down ever since the earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Japan shut down 54 of its nuclear reactors after the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011. Thirty-three of those reactors have been deemed suitable for reactivation over the ensuing 15 years, and 14 of those have been restarted.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 137 miles northwest of Tokyo in Niigata prefecture, has seven reactors and a total capacity of 8.2 gigawatts, making it the largest nuclear power plant in the world. It is operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the same company that manages Fukushima Daiichi.
Japan’s energy strategy calls for up to 22 percent of its electricity to come from nuclear power by 2030, as part of a plan to move away from fossil fuel power generation. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has been upgraded to meet new safety requirements imposed after the Fukushima disaster, and it has passed rigorous safety inspections.
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