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Japan governor set to approve restart of TEPCO nuclear reactor

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Japan governor set to approve restart of TEPCO nuclear reactor

Country’s largest utility gets closer to its first resumption since 2012

Tokyo Electric Power’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has been idled since 2012 following the 2011 meltdown at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Nikkei staff writers

November 19, 2025 16:09 JST

TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s nuclear plant in Niigata prefecture, central Japan, is expected to receive approval from the prefectural governor as early as Friday, moving a step closer to reopening a nuclear facility for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

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