The worldβs largest nuclear power plant in north-central Japan restarted one of its reactors for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, as limited-resources Japan accelerates atomic power use to meet soaring electricity needs.
The first steps in energy production at the No. 6 reactor of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant are important because the operator is Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), the same utility that runs the ruined Fukushima Daiichi plant.
TEPCO's past safety issues at Fukushima have led to public worries about operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, which also sits in an isolated, quake-prone region.
TEPCO said staff at the No. 6 reactorβs control room turned on a button Wednesday evening to start a nuclear chain reaction toward achieving criticality β a stage when a reactor reaches a se
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