Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Monday is aiming to restart a reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture in the fiscal year 2025, which starts next month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/kashiwazaki-restart-aim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #tepco #niigata #kashiwazakikariwa #restarts
Over a decade after 3/11, Japan has the chance to foster participatory energy democracy by engaging its environmental organizations in nuclear policymaking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/10/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-public-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearenergy #energy #311 #fukushimano1 #fukushima #restarts #environment #climatechange
The Hiroshima District Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the operation of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-court-rejection-ikata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nuclearenergy #hiroshima #japanesecourts #ikata #restarts #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #ehime
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said it has abandoned a plan to complete by the October 2025 deadline an antiterrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/tepco-niigata-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #terrorism
Kansai Electric Power on Thursday presented to Fukui Prefecture a proposal to double the amount of spent nuclear fuel it will ship from its nuclear plants in the prefecture to France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/japan/kansai-electric-double-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste #restarts #fukui #aomori #france #kepco
An ambitious plan for nuclear power to make up 20% of Japan's energy mix by 2040 sets a clear vision but offers little detail on how to get there, or what happens if the target isn't met. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/10/japan/japan-energy-plan-nuclear-target/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearenergy #energy #electricity #datacenters #climatechange #emissions #fukushimano1 #311 #restarts #shimanenuclearplant
Chugoku Electric Power on Saturday restarted its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan, shuttered since shortly after the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, the company said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/07/japan/shimane-reactor-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chugokuelectric #nuclearenergy #shimane #shimanenuclearplant #restarts #311 #fukushima #energy
The Sendai High Court has upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a request to halt the No. 2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power's Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/28/japan/onagawa-court-reject/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesecourts #onagawa #miyagi #nuclearenergy #restarts #energy #tohokuelectric
The Nuclear Regulation Authority has officially ruled the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture noncompliant with the country's new safety standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/japan/tsuruga-reactor-noncompliant/ #japan #japanatomicpower #fukui #nuclearenergy #nra #restarts #energy #tsuruga
Tohoku Electric Power has restarted the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture after it was taken offline following the discovery of an issue with a measurement device. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/japan/onagawa-nuclear-reactor-restart/ #japan #nuclearenergy #onagawa #miyagi #restarts #tohokuelectric #energy #ishinomaki
Chugoku Electric Power plans to restart the No. 2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear power plant on Dec. 7, the second restart of a boiling water reactor since units of the same type were crippled in the March 2011 nuclear accident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/12/japan/shimane-nuclear-reactor-back-online/ #japan #chugokuelectric #shimane #nuclearenergy #energy #fukushimano1 #restarts
Tohoku Electric Power has announced a decision to put off the planned restart of the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan to around November. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/19/japan/onagawa-nuclear-plant-restart/ #japan #onagawa #nuclearenergy #tohokuelectric #miyagi #restarts
