<figure id="attachment_3213540" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3213540" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3213540" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/fbf97c7a-4856223_cropped_1-1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3213540" class="wp-caption-text">The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was taken offline when Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
TOKYO: Japanese local authorities approved Friday the restart of the world&#8217;s biggest nuclear plant, a key step in the process to get it back online after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Hideyo Hanazumi, governor of Niigata province where the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant is located, told a news conference he &#8220;would approve&#8221; the resumption, which will need final permission by the country&#8217;s nuclear regulator.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was taken offline when Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a tsunami caused the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
But the resource-poor country now wants to revive atomic energy and reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels.
A total of 14 reactors &#8212; mostly in western and southern regions &#8212; have already resumed operation after strict safety standards were imposed.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant will be the first restart for Fukushima operator Tepco after the disaster, once it gets final approval.

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Japanese authorities approve restart of world’s biggest nuclear plant

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