Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan's nuclear security protocols, expert says
The incident in Niigata is “of particular concern” because the potential security breaches lasted for months, a top expert in the field said.
Tepco banned from restarting its largest nuclear plant over safety flaws
The company has seen restarting the seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa complex, once one of the world's largest nuclear plants by output, as a main pillar of its business restructuring plan.
Japan's regulator set to ban Tepco from restarting Niigata nuclear plant
The facility on the Sea of Japan coast was found to have serious safety flaws, having been vulnerable to unauthorized entry at 15 locations in March of last year.
Japanese nuclear plant vulnerable to unauthorized entry for one year
The NRA has provisionally rated the breach at the plant at the worst level in terms of safety and severity, marking the first time it has given such an assessment.
Tepco may consider scrapping one or more reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant
The host city’s mayor has made such decommissioning a condition for approving the restarts of two other reactors at the plant.
Given its scathing criticism of Tepco as late as June, the NRA's recent green light for the restart of two idled Tepco reactors in Niigata raises questions.
Former Niigata Gov. Izumida to run on LDP ticket in Lower House by-election
Former Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Friday he intends to run with Liberal Democratic Party backing in next month's by-election to represent the Niigata No. 5 district in the Lower House. Izumida told senior local LDP members of his intention to run for the seat, ...
A decade after Niigata's nuclear close call
On July 16, 2007, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the world's largest nuclear power complex at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa — a site that the government and Tepco had insisted was seismically safe.
Tepco contemplates 2019 restart for giant Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is planning to restart operations at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture in stages from April 2019, sources said. Tepco is considering reopening four of the seven reactors at the plant over a roughly three-year period through May 2021. ...
'Several years' needed to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant: Niigata governor
Restarting the world's largest nuclear power plant will likely take "several years," the governor of Niigata Prefecture said Thursday, highlighting the difficulty of concluding the nuclear disaster reviews sparked by the triple core meltdown of March 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., better known ...
Two Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors may pass geared-up safety checks by March
Nuclear regulators have decided to gear up the safety assessment of two reactors operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in central Japan, raising the possibility of finishing the process by next March, sources said Tuesday. Reactor Nos. 6 and 7 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa ...
Tepco to mull rate hike if it can't restart Niigata nuclear complex
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will need to consider raising electricity rates for the first time since 2012 unless it can restart the world's biggest nuclear plant. Resumption of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa station in Niigata Prefecture is essential for sustaining profits, Tepco President Naomi ...
