US EditionJapanese Governor Set to Approve Restart of World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant
The restart of Unit No.6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will be the first for Tokyo Electric Power Company since 2011, aiding Japan's decarbonization and energy security goals.
- On Friday, Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi approved restarting Unit No.6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, followed by Unit No.7, together producing 2,710 megawatts.
- Government appeals and decarbonisation targets pushed the case for restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, aiming to cut Japan's LNG imports and boosting TEPCO's annual profit by about 100 billion yen.
- Survey data show local opinion is split, with a Niigata prefecture survey last month showing 50% support and TEPCO pledging 100 billion yen amid Unit No.6 technical checks.
- On Dec. 2 Hideyo Hanazumi will submit a supplementary budget to the Niigata prefectural assembly, and if passed, the prefecture will inform the central government while seeking Japan's nuclear regulator approval.
- As the world's largest plant at 8,212 MW, KK's restart would materially change Japan's capacity picture, with only 11 reactors operating nationwide despite 14 having restarted since Fukushima.
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The governor of the Japanese province of Niigata, Hideyo Hanazumi, gave the green light this Friday to the reactivation of the world’s largest nuclear power plant, a key step before it became operational again. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was paralyzed like the other reactors in this Asian country after an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011. Hanazumi said in a press conference that he wo…
In Japan, the governor of Niigata Prefecture has approved the commissioning of the largest nuclear power plant in the world.
The governor of the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial re-ignition of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, marking a turning point in Japan's energy strategy, wanted by the government of SanaeTakaichi. The premier is also considering a revision of the three historical non-nuclear principles, indignant of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariva nuclear power plant in Japan is being equipped with extra safety devices to prevent a repeat of the 2011 disaster.
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