For the first time in about 15 years since the Fukushima disaster, Tokyo Electric Power’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata restarted its sixth reactor and began transmitting power to Japan’s electrical grid.
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Fifteen years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan is preparing to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the largest in the world. The move revives deep concerns over safety, evacuation readiness, and whether public trust has truly been restored.
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…