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Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans

A reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Japan has resumed operations

The Independent UK · Jun 11

Orano Increases Ownership in Cigar Lake Mine in Canada

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orano Canada Inc. (Orano Canada) and Cameco Corporation (Cameco) have reached an agreement to jointly acquire TEPCO Resources Inc. (TEPCO) 5% ownership in the Cigar Lake Joint Venture. Orano is pleased to announce that, upon closing, this transaction will increase its share…

AAP · Jun 1

Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting of a pressure vessel bottom…

The Independent UK · Mar 20

World’s largest nuclear power plant suspended just hours after it resumed operations

Fourteen other nuclear reactors have restarted across Japan since 2011

The Independent UK · Jan 22

World’s largest nuclear plant restarts for first time since Fukushima meltdown

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is owned by the same operator of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi plant

The Independent UK · Jan 21

Fukushima nuclear plant operator to restart reactor at another plant, reviving safety concerns

The utility that operates the Fukushima plant that melted down in 2011 is to restart a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, which it also operates in north-central Japan

The Independent UK · Jan 21

15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain

The Guardian - AU · Jan 19

The Week Ahead (Jan. 19-25): China’s Vice Premier to Attends Davos

The People’s Bank of China will lower re-lending and re-discount interest rates; Japan's TEPCO to partially restart world's biggest nuclear power plant

Caixin Global · Jan 16

Japan Approves Plan to Resume Operations at World's Largest Nuclear Facility

Japan approves the restart of the world's largest nuclear plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, aiming to boost energy security and reduce fossil fuel reliance.

International Business Times · Dec 22, 2025

Japan clears final hurdle to restart world’s largest nuclear plant

Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility comes despite public opposition in Niigata, where many residents say safety concerns from Fukushima have not been resolved

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025