Reactivation of the world’s largest nuclear plant, stopped since the Fukushima disaster, is suspended after alarm

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Associated Press The reactivation of the world’s largest nuclear plant was suspended this Thursday (22) in Japan hours after the process began, its operator announced, clarifying that the reactor remains “stable”. “A monitoring system alarm (…) sounded during reactor activation procedures, and operations are suspended” at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, Takashi Kobayashi, spokesman for operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco), told AFP. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp Operations at a reactor at this nuclear facility, in Niigata Prefecture, have been suspended since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. They resumed on Wednesday night after receiving the green light from the Japanese nuclear regulator, despite the division of public opinion. The reactor “is stable and there is no radioactive impact on the outside”, said Kobayashi, adding that the operator is “currently investigating the cause” of the incident, without revealing when the procedures will be resumed. See the videos that are trending on g1 The reactivation was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was delayed by a technical problem with a reactor alarm, which was resolved on Sunday, according to Tepco. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the world’s largest nuclear power plant by production capacity, although only one of its seven reactors has been reactivated. The plant was shut down when Japan closed all its nuclear reactors after the triple disaster – earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident – of Fukushima in March 2011. However, the country wants to resume atomic energy production to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels as a source of electricity and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. VIDEO: See images of Fukushima and nearby cities 10 years after disaster

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