Japanese power company TEPCO announces abandoning restart plans for the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant on the 20th.

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19/01/2026
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on the 19th that it would abandon the plan to restart Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant on the 20th. On the 17th of this month, Tokyo Electric Power Company conducted a test, and a malfunction occurred where the control rod alarm did not operate, confirming that it would take several days for the equipment to operate as expected.