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[Breaking News]TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

NIIGATA, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2025, shows the No. 6 reactor (C) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi agreed on Nov. 21 to the restart of the reactor, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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[Breaking News]1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region. (Kyodo)

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1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in the region since it was hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-DESIGNER (CN)

(240530) -- CHENGDU, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhong Yuanzhang (1st L) communicates with colleagues on an experimental platform in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2024. Zhong was the deputy chief designer of Hualong One nuclear power project of the Nuclear Power Institute of China. Since his graduation from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) majoring in chemical engineering in 1986, Zhong has been engaged in reactor structure design and participated in the R&D of more than half of China's nuclear power plants. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Kun)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-DESIGNER (CN)

(240530) -- CHENGDU, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhong Yuanzhang (1st R) communicates with colleagues on an experimental platform in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2024. Zhong was the deputy chief designer of Hualong One nuclear power project of the Nuclear Power Institute of China. Since his graduation from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) majoring in chemical engineering in 1986, Zhong has been engaged in reactor structure design and participated in the R&D of more than half of China's nuclear power plants. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Kun)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-DESIGNER (CN)

(240530) -- CHENGDU, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhong Yuanzhang (1st R) communicates with colleagues on an experimental platform in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2024. Zhong was the deputy chief designer of Hualong One nuclear power project of the Nuclear Power Institute of China. Since his graduation from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) majoring in chemical engineering in 1986, Zhong has been engaged in reactor structure design and participated in the R&D of more than half of China's nuclear power plants. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-DESIGNER (CN)

(240530) -- CHENGDU, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhong Yuanzhang (1st L) communicates with colleagues on an experimental platform in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2024. Zhong was the deputy chief designer of Hualong One nuclear power project of the Nuclear Power Institute of China. Since his graduation from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) majoring in chemical engineering in 1986, Zhong has been engaged in reactor structure design and participated in the R&D of more than half of China's nuclear power plants. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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Türkiye issues permission to commission 1st power unit of Russian-built nuclear power plant

STORY: Türkiye issues permission to commission 1st power unit of Russian-built nuclear power plant SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye's Akkuyu Nuclear Company announced Tuesday that it had received permission from Turkish authorities to commission the first power unit of the country's first nuclear power plant being built by Russia. With the permission, the start-up, adjustment and operation processes, which are the final phase of the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, can be started, according to a statement from the company. The next stage is to obtain a license to operate the first power unit, which will allow them to begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor and begin pre-launch control operations, said the statement. "Currently, Akkuyu nuclear specialists continue to develop tec

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CHINA-4TH-GENERATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL OPERATION (CN)

(231206) -- BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo shows the exterior view of Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant. TO GO WITH "World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China" (Photo by Sun Wenzhan/Xinhua)

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CHINA-4TH-GENERATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL OPERATION (CN)

(231206) -- BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo shows the exterior view of Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant. TO GO WITH "World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China" (Photo by Song Kunyang/Xinhua)

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CHINA-4TH-GENERATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL OPERATION (CN)

(231206) -- BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The first reactor pressure vessel of Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant is hoisted in place on March 20, 2016. TO GO WITH "World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China" (Photo by Ma Yuejun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-4TH-GENERATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL OPERATION (CN)

(231206) -- BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The first steam generator of Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant is hoisted in place on Jan. 27, 2019. TO GO WITH "World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China" (Photo by Song Kunyang/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (1st R), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), communicates with colleagues at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (1st L), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), communicates with colleagues during the experiment at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. From front to back, the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings are seen. The Japanese government approved the resumption of operation of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the plant the following day amid concerns over the safety of atomic power generation following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Japan's 1st 'pluthermal' power generation begins

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows the Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The electric power company began operating the No. 3 reactor using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) as fuel for the first time in Japan on Nov. 5, 2009.

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1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard patrol voat and an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter take part in the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Seen behind in the fast-breeder reactor Monju located in Tsuruga on the Sea of Japan. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant came under a terrorist attack.

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(2)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - File photo shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station, the country's first commercial nuclear reactor, where demolition work began Dec. 4, 2001.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 1, 2021 shows the No. 6 (1st R) and No. 5 (2nd R) nuclear power units under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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Panel on Monju holds 1st meeting

File photo taken Nov. 17, 2015, shows the building housing the Monju fast-breeder reactor on the Sea of Japan coast. The government held the first meeting on Dec. 28 of a panel to discuss the operation of Monju after the Nuclear Regulation Authority urged the science minister to appoint a new entity to run the trouble-prone reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel on Monju holds 1st meeting

Akito Arima (R), head of a science ministry panel concerning the Monju fast-breeder reactor, addresses its first meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2015. The panel was launched after the Nuclear Regulation Authority urged science minister Hiroshi Hase (L) to appoint a new entity to run the trouble-prone reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Operator to load nuclear fuel into reactor for planned 1st restart

People opposed to the restart of a nuclear reactor demonstrate in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, southwestern Japan, on July 7, 2015. The utility was slated to start loading nuclear fuel into a reactor at the Sendai complex later that day ahead of its restart planned in mid-August under more rigorous safety requirements adopted after the 2011 Fukushima triple-reactor meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Operator to load nuclear fuel into reactor for planned 1st restart

File photo taken in October 2014 shows the No. 1 reactor building (R) and No. 2 reactor building of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, southwestern Japan. The utility will start loading nuclear fuel into the Sendai No. 1 reactor on July 7, 2015, ahead of its restart planned in mid-August under more rigorous safety requirements adopted after the 2011 Fukushima triple-reactor meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plan

TSURUGA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard patrol voat and an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter take part in the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Seen behind in the fast-breeder reactor Monju located in Tsuruga on the Sea of Japan. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant came under a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Mihama nuclear unit becomes Japan's 1st to operate beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken June 23, 2021, shows the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The aging reactor restarted the same day, becoming the country's first nuclear unit to operate beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period introduced under new rules set after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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Mihama nuclear unit becomes Japan's 1st to operate beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken June 23, 2021, shows the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The aging reactor restarted the same day, becoming the country's first nuclear unit to operate beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period introduced under new rules set after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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Mihama nuclear unit becomes Japan's 1st to operate beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken June 23, 2021, shows the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The aging reactor restarted the same day, becoming the country's first nuclear unit to operate beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period introduced under new rules set after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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Mihama nuclear unit becomes Japan's 1st to operate beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken June 23, 2021, shows the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The aging reactor restarted the same day, becoming the country's first nuclear unit to operate beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period introduced under new rules set after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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(2)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - File photo shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station, the country's first commercial nuclear reactor, where demolition work began Dec. 4, 2001.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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1st antiterror drill held at nuclear plant for drone attack

A drone carrying a black box flies near the No. 3 reactor (back) of the Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture in western Japan on June 19, 2017, in Japan's first antiterrorism drill simulating a drone attack on a nuclear plant. The drill assumed a scenario that a drone flew into the nuclear facility and dropped an explosive. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's fast-reactor panel to hold 1st meeting Friday

Japan's industry minister Hiroshige Seko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. A panel to discuss Japan's fast-reactor development policy, including the possible scrapping of the trouble-prone Monju fast-breeder reactor, will hold its first meeting on Oct. 7, Seko said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo