Local assembly backs pro-restart governor, paving way for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa’s return nearly 15 years after Fukushima ...

The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has announced it will restart a reactor northwest of Tokyo on January 20, after ...

Japan to Restart Giant Nuclear Plant. Japan’s Niigata prefecture has greenlighted the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power reactor – the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant – after a 15-year hiatus ...

Japan wants to boost nuclear power generation to slash its reliance on imported fossil fuels. The prefectural assembly voted ...

Dec. 22 (Asia Today) -- China has voiced strong opposition to potential cooperation between South Korea and the United States ...

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan has restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable as it tries ...

Removal of the 200-ton generator rotor is a key milestone as the company works toward its goal of bringing the Iowa facility ...

Local government officials in Japan have given approval for the restart of a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power ...

Japan has approved Tokyo Electric Power Co. to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear site as the world's largest nuclear power plant.