NIIGATA, Nov 29 (News On Japan) –
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has introduced plans to load nuclear gas into Reactor No. 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture by June subsequent 12 months as a part of efforts to restart the ability.
Both Reactor No. 6 and Reactor No. 7 on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant have handed the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s security inspections, a prerequisite for restarting operations. Reactor No. 7 has already been loaded with nuclear gas.
In a press convention held this morning, TEPCO outlined its plan to load nuclear gas into Reactor No. 6 subsequent June and said its intention to submit the required functions to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for the restart course of.
However, native consent stays a key hurdle, because the Governor of Niigata Prefecture, Hideyo Hanazono, has but to take a definitive stance on the matter. Consequently, TEPCO has kept away from specifying a timeline for the reactor’s restart.
Source: TBS