TEPCO to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor Monday
World 16:58 06/02/2026KARIWA, NIIGATA PREF. -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. announced Friday that it will restart the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday.
TEPCO halts control rod removal at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor
World 17:17 22/01/2026TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday it has suspended the removal of control rods from the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, after an alarm sounded during the process.
TEPCO postpones restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa N-reactor
World 16:27 19/01/2026NIIGATA -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has postponed the restart scheduled for Tuesday of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
Tritium-containing water leaks at Fugen N-reactor
World 18:40 24/12/2025FUKUI -- The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that about 20 milliliters of water containing radioactive tritium leaked at its Fugen advanced converter reactor in the city of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.
Court rejects injunctions against Mihama, Takahama nuclear reactors
World 16:29 28/11/2025Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. -- A Japanese high court branch on Friday rejected injunctions by local residents seeking to halt the operations of aging nuclear power reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. in the central prefecture of Fukui.
Kansai Electric to begin survey for new nuclear reactor soon
World 17:03 03/11/2025OSAKA -- Kansai Electric Power Co. will start a survey in early November to assess whether it can build a new nuclear reactor in or near its Mihama nuclear power plant in central Japan, Jiji Press learned Monday.
