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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Japan gets local consent, clearing a last major hurdle to restart the world's largest nuclear plant
The governor of Niigata has formally given local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle toward restarting the plant idled for more than a decade following the 2011 meltdowns at another plant manage
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