KARIWA (Jan 21): The world’s biggest nuclear power plant was restarted Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. The plant was “started at 19:02” (1002 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in NiigataRead More

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Wednesday restarted operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant by output after it had been down for about 14 years.

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, the world's largest, is set to restart one reactor on January 21, 2026.

New submitter BeaverCleaver shares a report: Japan has restarted operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of To...

The reactor is expected to begin commercial operations next month