TOKYO, ninth February, 2026 (WAM) — Japan switched on the world’s largest nuclear energy plant once more on Monday, after an earlier try was shortly suspended resulting from a minor glitch.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant within the Niigata area restarted at 05:00 GMT, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) stated in an announcement.
TEPCO had initially moved to start out one of many seven reactors on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on twenty first January, however shut it down the next day after a monitoring system alarm sounded.
The alarm had picked up slight adjustments to {the electrical} present in a single cable although these had been nonetheless inside a variety thought-about secure, TEPCO officers instructed a news convention final week.
The agency has modified the alarm’s settings because the reactor is secure to function.
According to TEPCO officers, business operations will start on or after 18th March following one other complete inspection.
A monitoring alarm challenge in January had compelled the suspension of the plant’s first restart for the reason that 2011 Fukushima catastrophe.