Japan is making efforts to obtain approval from local authorities to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which is the largest in the world. The plant has been offline since 2012 and was barred from operating due to safety breaches. The restart requires approvals from the Niigata prefecture, the city of Kashiwazaki, and the village of Kariwa.
Japan is stepping up efforts to have local authorities approve the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant , the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility north of Tokyo, Japan ese newspaper Niigata Nippo reported on Friday. Next week, Japan ’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ken Saito, is expected to ask the local governor of the Niigata prefecture to approve the restart of the power plant, according to the newspaper report.
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Japan closed all its nuclear power plants that underwent rigorous safety checks and inspections. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has been offline since 2012, while the Nuclear Regulation Authority in 2021 barred the plant’s operator, utility Tepco, from operating the facility due to safety breaches. The regulator lifted the operational ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in December 2023, paving the way for the restart, which needs the approvals of the Niigata prefecture, the city of Kashiwazaki, and the village of Kariwa to resume operation
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