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World’s largest nuclear plant restarts for first time since Fukushima meltdown
21 Jan 2026 12:30 GMT
… nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic … s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is seen in Kashiwazaki … safety shutdowns at nuclear power plants followed the disaster … two idled reactors at the nearby Shika nuclear power plant. But the …
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Fukushima nuclear plant operator restarts reactor at another plant, reviving safety concerns
21 Jan 2026 09:53 GMT
… world’s largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north- … nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic … .
Fourteen other nuclear reactors have restarted across … two idled reactors at the nearby Shika nuclear power plant. But …
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The Challenge to Japan’s Nuclear Restart
02 May 2025 23:37 GMT
… time when nuclear issues remained highly sensitive due to the atomic bombings … 2024 exposed issues at the Shika Nuclear Power Plant, operated by Hokuriku Electric Power … to phase out nuclear power, with the final nuclear reactor set to cease …
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The Conservative Argument Against Nuclear Power in Japan
14 Apr 2025 20:06 GMT
… chair of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission also expected … nuclear power stations depends not on how physically robust the reactors … supplied to them. Nuclear power plants in Japan are designed … four of these: Onagawa, Shika, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, and …
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No abnormalities reported at two nuclear power plants following M5.9 earthquake
02 Jun 2024 23:13 GMT
… recorded at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
The tremor … intensity of 3 at the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture.
The authority … unchanged at the facilities.
All reactors at the two plants remain …
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Nearly 5,000 involved in drill near Kagoshima nuclear plant
15 Feb 2025 08:03 GMT
… rural hamlets living near the Shika nuclear power plant stranded for days.
One … one of the two reactors at the Sendai plant, … the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the 2011 earthquake … the state of the nuclear reactor and radiation levels.
From …
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Quake-resistant home ratios near nuclear plants below average
13 Feb 2025 09:39 GMT
… failure to cool a reactor.
Residents in the 5 … 30 km of the Shika nuclear power plant, which was affected by … standards.
Around the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, … Five municipalities that host nuclear power plants had not assessed their …
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When will "man-made" disasters come to an end? The Shika Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Japan raises three questions
06 Feb 2024 11:01 GMT
… water from nuclear fuel pools at the Shika Nuclear Power Plant, located in Shika town. Despite … ) and the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant operated by the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC …
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Restart of Shika Nuclear Power Plant ‘Likely to Take Years’; Seismic Activity During Noto Quake Possibly Greater Than Expected
29 Jan 2024 09:21 GMT
… restart a reactor at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.’s Shika nuclear power plant will … belt on the nuclear plant.
The Shika Nuclear Power Station has two reactors, which were shut … Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. In 2014, Hokuriku Electric applied …
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Generator fails in test at Japan's Shika nuclear power plant after Noto quake
18 Jan 2024 07:46 GMT
… for the No. 1 reactor at the Shika Nuclear Power Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, which … the grounds of the nuclear power plant, where the reactors are currently offline. … required by the government for nuclear power plants, aseismic performance levels are …