Japan restarts Reactor #6 at Kashiwasaki Kariwa nuclear plant

Summary

Tokyo Electric Power Co. restarts Reactor #6 at Kashiwasaki Kariwa power plant, the world's largest nuclear facility, with a capacity of 1.36 GW. This marks the first nuclear reactor restart in Japan since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Japan aims to increase its nuclear energy contribution to 20% of electricity supply by 2040.

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