The largest in the world… restarting a nuclear plant that has been stopped since the Fukushima disaster
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the largest Nuclear plant in the world that this Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant will resume operation on Wednesday for the first time since the disaster Fukushimain 2011, despite continuing concerns about safety among residents.
The company said in a statement "We continue preparations to run The reactor, and we plan to remove the control rods after seven o’clock this evening (10.00 GMT), and then operate the reactor"
This restarting process is initially limited to only one of the seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa station, which is the largest in the world in terms of total production capacity.
The governor of Niigata Prefecture (central western Japan), in which the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa station is located, gave last month his approval for its restart, despite the continued strong division of public opinion on this matter, as an opinion poll conducted by local authorities last September showed. 60% of the population opposed restarting the station, while 37% supported it.
Kashiwazaki Nuclear Station
Despite the extreme cold, dozens of people, most of them elderly, demonstrated on Tuesday near the entrance to the Kashiwazaki station on the coast of the Sea of Japan, in protest against the decision.
The operation of the station was halted when Japan closed all of its nuclear reactors after the triple tragedy that befell Fukushima in March 2011, which witnessed An earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear disaster.
But Japan seeks to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and meet the growing demand for electricity through artificial intelligence.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also expressed her support for the use of nuclear energy for civil purposes.
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