Japan brings reactor back online at largest nuclear plant since 2011
The 8.2-gigawatt plant in Niigata Prefecture, which has seven reactors, has been offline since 2012 after the Fukushima Daiichi accident caused by a tsunami. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa uses the same type of boiling water reactors as Fukushima and is managed by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
This restart is the first reactor TEPCO has brought back online since the Fukushima incident.
The plant had remained inactive after a routine inspection in 2012 due to safety concerns and questions about TEPCO’s ability to manage the complex safely.
Although the restart was initially set for Tuesday, a control-rod alarm during testing delayed it. The No. 6 reactor was successfully reactivated on Wednesday after TEPCO confirmed to nuclear regulators that final inspections were complete.
This represents Japan’s 15th nuclear reactor brought back online out of 33 operable units, as the government continues to expand the use of nuclear energy.
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