Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, one of the world’s largest nuclear facilities, stands along the seaside in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025. Issei Kato/Reuters
Japan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, marking a key development in the country’s return to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located around 136 miles northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut down after the nuclear disaster that occurred after the crippling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan in March 2011. The disaster occurred following the 9.0 magnitude Great East Japan Earthquake, which led to a large tsunami.
