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    15 Jahre nach Fukushima bereitet Japan die Wiederinbetriebnahme des größten Atomkraftwerks der Welt vor | Japan


    15 Jahre nach Fukushima bereitet Japan die Wiederinbetriebnahme des größten Atomkraftwerks der Welt vor | Japan

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/japan-nuclear-plant-restart-kashiwazaki-kariwa-fukushima

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    1. buttertrainishere on

      >the wider tsunami disaster that killed an estimated 20,000 people along Japan’s north-east coast

      I had no idea that many people died.

    2. CreativeMuseMan on

      Cream of the article (not AI).

      >Since 2012, the plant has not generated a single watt of electricity, after being shut down, along with dozens of other reactors, in the wake of the March 2011 [triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/05/fukushima-meltdown-manmade-disaster), the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chornobyl.

      >Weeks before the 15th anniversary of the accident, and the wider tsunami disaster that killed an estimated 20,000 people along Japan’s north-east coast, Tepco is set to defy local public opinion and restart one of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa’s seven reactors, possibly as soon as Tuesday.

      >Restarting reactor No 6, which could boost the electricity supply to the Tokyo area by about 2%

      >But for many of the 420,000 people living within a 30km (19-mile) radius of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa who would have to evacuate in the event of a Fukushima-style incident, Tepco’s imminent return to nuclear power generation is fraught with danger.

      >The utility company says it has learned the lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, and earlier this year pledged to invest 100 bn yen (£470m) into Niigata prefecture over the next 10 years in an attempt to win over residents.

      >A prefectural government poll conducted late last year in which more than 60% of people living within 30km of the plant said they did not believe the conditions for restarting the facility had been met.

      >Just weeks before the planned restart, the nuclear industry attracted fresh criticism after it emerged that Chubu Electric Power, a utility in central Japan, had [fabricated seismic risk data](https://apnews.com/article/japan-hamaoka-nuclear-fabrication-data-893d7cf94e790ffb51cb1cf85254d658) during a regulatory review, conducted before a possible restart, of two reactors at its idle Hamaoka plant.

      >Adding to local concerns are the presence of seismic faults in and around the site, which sustained damage during a 6.8-magnitude offshore earthquake in July 2007, including a fire that broke out in a transformer. Three reactors that were in operation at the time shut down automatically.

      >Before the Fukushima disaster, 54 reactors were in operation, supplying about 30% of the country’s power. Now, of 33 operable reactors, just 14 are in service, while attempts to restart others have faced strong local opposition.

      *Bottom line: The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa restart is a gamble for Japan’s government, which has put an ambitious return to nuclear power generation at the centre of its new energy policy as it struggles to reach its emissions targets and bolster its energy security.*

    3. Confident-Ask-601 on

      This is the energy dilemma. Nuclear is risky, but so is climate change.

    5. Lillienpud on

      This time maybe don’ put th’ ‘mergency generator in th’ basement.

    6. ThroatEducational271 on

      And I await another TEPCO and Japanese government scandal, more corruption, more corners cut and then the inevitable and the entire region has to suffer.

    7. owen__wilsons__nose on

      Cool, there wasn’t enough radiation in the fish we get from the Pacific. I could end up an X-Men castle member just yet

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