Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:17pm on 21 Jan 2026,Wednesday International
Japan has restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world’s largest by capacity, nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. Reactor No. 6, located northwest of Tokyo, was brought back online on Wednesday after a brief delay caused by an alarm issue. Commercial operations are expected to begin next month. The plant once had seven reactors with a total capacity of 8.2 gigawatts. Only one reactor is restarting for now, while others may remain offline or be decommissioned. Japan has been gradually reviving nuclear power to reduce energy imports and meet its clean energy targets by 2050. (PC: BBC)
