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16.04.26 - 10:36
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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Restarts Commercial Operations after 14 Yrs (Nippon)
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Kariwa, Niigata Pref., April 16 (Jiji Press)--The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday restarted commercial operations after a hiatus of about 14 years. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Co. switched the reactor into commercial mode at 4 p.m. after confirming earlier in the day that there were no abnormalities with......
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09.04.26 - 15:36
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SoftBank, Blackstone Apply for Capital Tie-Ups with TEPCO (Nippon)
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Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)--Telecommunications carrier SoftBank Corp. and U.S. investment firm Blackstone Inc. are among companies that have applied to form capital tie-ups with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., it was learned Thursday. Dozens of domestic and foreign companies are believed to have submitted such applications by the deadline at the end of March. They also include J......
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02.04.26 - 08:12
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Fukushima N-Plant Begins Treated Water Discharge for FY 2026 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)--The disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Thursday began the first round of treated water discharge into the sea for fiscal 2026. This is the 19th round of the release of the treated water containing radioactive tritium since the operation began in August 2023, according to the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. In ......
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30.03.26 - 12:48
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TEPCO to Start Commercial Operations of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, will begin commercial operations as early as April 16. The date marks a delay of about 50 days from the original target of Feb. 26, following two postponements. In January, just before the initial a......
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24.03.26 - 12:12
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TEPCO Completes Treated Water Releases for FY 2025 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed the seventh and final round of treated water release into the sea for fiscal 2025 from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. In the seven rounds for the year ending March 31, a total of about 54,600 tons of treated water containing tritium, a radioact......
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22.03.26 - 10:30
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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa N-Reactor Resumes Power Generation (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, has resumed electricity generation and power transmission to the Tokyo metropolitan area. The resumption came a day after TEPCO completed the replacement of a damaged part that led to the suspension of power......
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19.03.26 - 15:18
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TEPCO Delays Commercial Operation at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, is expected to start commercial operation in April at the earliest, later than initially planned for Wednesday. After an alarm went off indicating a slight electricity leak from the generator on Marc......
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13.03.26 - 16:18
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TEPCO to Halt Power Transmission at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. decided Friday to halt power transmission from the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The decision came after an alarm sounded around 4 p.m. on Thursday, indicating a slight electricity discharge from the generator. TEPCO deemed it necessary to stop the generator......
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13.03.26 - 10:06
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15 Years On: Fukushima Winery Becoming Community Hub (Nippon)
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Tomioka, Fukushima Pref., March 13 (Jiji Press)--A winery in the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture has taken off as a place for locals to interact with each other. This spring, the winery will sell the first wine made in the town of Tomioka, located within the 20-kilometer radius of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Wine prod......
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13.03.26 - 09:18
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15 Years On: Fukushima N-Plant Decommissioning by 2051 Unlikely (Nippon)
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Okuma, Fukushima Pref., March 13 (Jiji Press)--Although Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. still maintains its goal of decommissioning its tsunami-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by 2051, the target appears very challenging to meet due to delays in work to remove melted fuel debris. The situation at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has changed dram......
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12.03.26 - 00:42
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15 Years On: TEPCO to Keep Goal of Decommissioning Fukushima Plant in 2051 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will maintain the goal of decommissioning its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan in 2051, a senior TEPCO official in charge of the decommissioning project has indicated. "There's no need to change (the goal) at the moment," Akira Ono, chief of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Decontami......
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11.03.26 - 09:54
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15 Years On: Japan to Push Forward with N-Reactor Restarts (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to plow ahead with work to restart nuclear reactors, aided by the political dominance of her Liberal Democratic Party and the reduced presence of opposition parties supporting zero nuclear power. Fifteen years after the triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power ......
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06.03.26 - 15:54
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15 Years On: Japan Still Struggles with Disaster-Related Deaths (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--As of the end of 2025, the cumulative number of deaths indirectly linked to the massive March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan had reached 3,810, with little sign that such losses will cease anytime soon. The disaster, which devastated wide areas primarily in northeastern Japan, and the subsequent nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc......
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06.03.26 - 08:06
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Fukushima N-Plant Begins Final Treated Water Release for FY 2025 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Friday started the seventh, or final, round of treated water discharge into the Pacific for fiscal 2025, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said. The operation, scheduled to run until March 24, will result in the release of about 7,800 tons of treated water containing tritium, a radioactive substa......
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02.03.26 - 01:36
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Renewable Power Output Curbed in TEPCO Grid for 1st Time (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)--A group company of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has briefly asked renewable power generators, such as operators of solar and wind power facilities, to suspend electricity generation for the first time. TEPCO Power Grid Inc., which handles electricity transmission and distribution, called for curbing power output between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday as......
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01.03.26 - 12:36
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15 Years On: Medical Care Key to Evacuees′ Return to Fukushima (Nippon)
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Fukushima, March 1 (Jiji Press)--Many evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture cite anxiety about a lack of medical services as a reason for their hesitation to return to their hometowns devastated by a severe nuclear accident following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The prefecture's Futaba county with eight towns and villages, including the host municipalities of Tokyo Electric Power Com......
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25.02.26 - 13:49
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TEPCO Unveils New Robot Arm for Nuclear Debris Removal (Nippon)
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Fukushima, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a new robot arm to be used in the project to remove nuclear fuel debris at its tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. TEPCO plans to begin setting up the robot arm next month and is expected to start the third trial of collecting nuclear debris from the No. 2 reac......
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