Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has unveiled a new robot arm to be used in a project to remove nuclear fuel debris at its tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/japan/tepco-new-robot-debris-removal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushima #nuclearwaste #robots
A Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings employee has been found by the Nuclear Regulation Authority to have improperly handled confidential documents on a nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/25/japan/tepco-confidential-documents-nuclear-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #terrorism #nra
The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture was brought back online after a scheduled brief halt that was carried out for inspections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/25/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-reactor-restarted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #niigata #restarts
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has begun sending electricity from its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture to the Tokyo metropolitan area for the first time in about 14 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/17/japan/japan-kashiwazaki-nuke-plant-power-transmission-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said it has fixed a malfunction found in a measuring instrument for the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/15/japan/tepco-kashiwazaki-kariwa-glitch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #nuclearenergy #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #restarts
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) restarted a reactor at the world’s biggest nuclear power plant Monday, after an issue last month delayed the process. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-reactor-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #tepco #nuclearenergy
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings will restart the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture on Monday after having shut it down in January due to an alarm error. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/companies/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings will restart the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture on Monday after having shut it down in January due to an alarm error. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/companies/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
Alarm at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 6 was probably a false alarm, while Fukushima-style meltdown was never a possibility given the reactor's design. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/science-health/kashiwazaki-kariwa-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
Average household electricity bills will rise in the service areas of nine of Japan's 10 regional power utilities for February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/30/electricity-bills-rise-february/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #electricity #tepco #energy #utilities #gas
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings is looking to make cost cuts amounting to ¥3.1 trillion over 10 years through business streamlining, reduced investment and asset sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/26/companies/tepco-new-biz-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tepco #nuclearenergy #energy #fukushimano1
An alarm sounds and Tepco suspends restart at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world's largest nuclear reactor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/japan/science-health/kashiwazaki-kariwa-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
Control rod alarm sounds at restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor No. 6 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/japan/science-health/kashiwazaki-kariwa-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
People living near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture are divided in their views over the restart of a reactor at the plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/japan/society/japan-kashiwazaki-kariwa-nulcear-power-plant-restart-local-reaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #311
Tecpo has restarted its reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world’s largest nuclear plant, which had been shut down in 2012 following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/science-health/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #niigata #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) plans to postpone the restart, scheduled for Tuesday, of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/japan-kashiwazaki-nuclear-power-plant-restart-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has said that an alert system did not work during a test operation of the idled No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, potentially delaying its restart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-nuclear-plant-error/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #tepco #niigata
TEPCO has submitted a new business reconstruction program to the government, featuring plans to seek partners for its operations related to data centers and decarbonization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/11/companies/tepco-business-reconstruction-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fukushima #niigata #tepco #nuclearenergy #restarts #kashiwazakikariwa #fukushimano1
Japan's 10 major power utilities announced plans to lower their electricity rates by over ¥1,000 for a standard household next January. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/major-power-firms-cut-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #electricity #gas #tepco
Tepco President Tomiaki Kobayakawa says the company will apply lessons learned from the meltdown of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant when it restarts the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on Jan. 20. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/companies/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart-january-20/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #nuclearenergy #niigata #tomiakikobayakawa