Japan Ready To Resurrect World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Meltdown
Japan may reopen the world’s largest nuclear power plant nearly 15 years after the country shuttered its reactors following the Fukushima disaster, according to multiple reports. Over some local protests, the Niigata…
Japan may reopen the world’s largest nuclear power plant nearly 15 years after the country shuttered its reactors following the Fukushima disaster, according to multiple reports.
Over some local protests, the Niigata prefectural assembly voted to reopen the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on Monday, according to multiplereports. The plant was among 54 reactors taken offline after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Though no deaths have resulted from the Fukushima disaster, over 100,000 people were forced to evacuate amid a lengthy cleanup process. The assembly’s vote means that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which also operated the Fukushima plant, can restart one of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s seven reactors.
“We remain firmly committed to never repeating such an accident and ensuring Niigata residents never experience anything similar,” said