Kashiwazaki-kariwa

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

TEPCO May Restart World's Largest Nuclear Plant Reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) may restart a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, this Wednesday after co…

Nuclear Reactor

Niigata Governor Consents to Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors

Niigata Prefecture Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has approved the restart of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear…

Nuclear Fuel

Tepco to Remove Fuel From Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 7

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced plans to remove nuclear fuel from unit 7 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture,…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fuel Loading Under Way at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 6

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has started loading fuel assemblies into the core of unit 6 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan, prepari…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kishida Looks to Restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Units

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he will hold a ministerial meeting next week to discuss measures needed to gain local consent for the restart…

Nuclear Fuel

Tepco to Start Loading Nuclear Fuel Into Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant on Monday

Tokyo Electric Power Co will start loading nuclear fuel into reactor No. 7 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station on Monday, it said in a statement, as it prep…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Completes Nuclear Security Mission at Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a nuclear security mission at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station (KKNPS) in Jap…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

TEPCO Seeks Regulatory Approval to Load Nuclear Fuel Into Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, which is the world's biggest, is seen from a seaside in Kashiwazaki, November…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japan Edging Closer to Restarting Largest Nuclear Power Facility

Cover Image Attribute: The aerial image of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. /Source: Nippon.comOn March 14, the reports from Japanese media suggest t…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NRA Lifts Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Fuel Activities

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided, at a meeting on 27 December, to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company…

Nuclear waste

Radioactive Water Spills Over After Quakes Hit Japan

Radioactive water from the fuel pools of two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture spilled over after a magni…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

World's Biggest Nuclear Plant in Japan to Resume Path Towards Restart

The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) No. 7 reactor is seen at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, Japan May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/FilesJa…

Nuclear Power Plant

Tepco Anticipates Delay in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture will not be restarted until fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023) at the earliest

Nuclear Power Plant

TEPCO Banned from Restarting Nuclear Plant over Safety Flaws

The Nuclear Regulation Authority formally issued the order not to transport nuclear fuel stored at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture or loading…