Summary
Japan temporarily stopped the operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant shortly after restarting it due to an alarm issue. The plant is the largest of its kind in the world and this occurred during a reactor start-up. The reactor is stable, and there is no radioactive danger reported.
Key Facts
- Japan suspended operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant shortly after its restart.
- An alarm was triggered during the reactor start-up, but the reactor stayed stable.
- Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the world's largest nuclear power plant by capacity.
- All Japanese nuclear reactors were shut down after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
- Reactor number six was restarted, marking the first since the Fukushima incident.
- The plant's operator, Tepco, is investigating the cause of the alarm.
- There is no reported radioactive impact outside from the incident.
- Japan aims to restart more reactors to meet its net zero emissions target by 2050.
