日本最大核电站将于明年1月20日重启

Core Viewpoint - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) plans to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6 on January 20, 2024, marking the first nuclear reactor restart under TEPCO since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 [1][3]. Group 1 - TEPCO submitted a "pre-use confirmation" application to the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan, which is the final step for equipment inspection [3]. - The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, located in Niigata Prefecture, has a total installed capacity of approximately 8.212 million kilowatts, making it the largest nuclear power plant in Japan [3]. - Following the Fukushima disaster, all nuclear reactors in Japan were temporarily shut down, and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was closed in 2012 [3].