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Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided, at a meeting on 27 December, to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) in 2021 that prohibited the company from moving nuclear fuel or loading it into reactors at the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NRA-lifts-ban-on-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-fuel-activitie
Japanese nuclear power plant operators have reported some minor damage, but no public safety issues, following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake which struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/No-abnormalities-reported-at-Japanese-nuclear-plan
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has officially approved Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco’s) construction plan for an anti-terrorism facility at units 6&7 of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP in Niigata Prefecture. Unit 7’s main facility has already passed the NRA safety screening needed for its restart and Tepco has been working on bringing the reactor back online.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapanese-regulator-approves-upgrades-to-kashiwazaki-kariwa-units-9947230
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture will not be restarted until fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023) at the earliest, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said in a revised business plan. The company submitted the plan yesterday to the government for approval. Tepco is awaiting regulatory approval to restart units 6 and 7 at the plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tepco-anticipates-delay-in-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-rest
Japan's nuclear regulator today approved Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) decommissioning plan for the four reactors at its Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, close to the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fukushima-Daini-decommissioning-plan-approved
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said on 7 April that it will accept a penalty imposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) over inadequate anti-terrorism measures at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. This will prevent restart of the facility for at least a year. Tepco made the announcement in response to a decision by NRA in late March banniing it from moving any nuclear materials at unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstepco-penalised-for-lax-security-at-kashiwazaki-kariwa-8663477
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has failed in its duty to protect nuclear materials at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, according to Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). A series of security breaches has prompted the regulator to suspend the process for inspections needed to restart unit 7 at the plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Security-lapses-impact-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-restart
Upgrades to safety measures to comply with new regulatory requirements were completed yesterday at unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced. Although the utility has already received regulatory approval to restart the reactor, it must still obtain local consent.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Safety-upgrades-completed-at-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-7
Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) today approved the operational safety programme submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) for its seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Tepco is working towards restarting units 6 and 7 at the site in Niigata prefecture.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-plant-passes-restart-review
Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved the operational safety programme submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) for its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapanese-regulator-approves-safety-programme-for-kashiwazaki-kariwa-8341591