The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the ...

The world's biggest nuclear power plant is again operating, after an earlier attempt to bring the facility back online was ...

Japan has taken a major step in its nuclear recovery after restarting unit 6 ...

The world’s largest nuclear power station is edging back toward full operation in coastal Niigata, a turning point in the ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has resumed power generation and transmission to the grid from its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata prefecture, central Japan.

Japan has taken a cautious but unmistakable step toward reviving large-scale nuclear power, beginning fuel loading at the 1,356 M No. 7 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa after a 13 year freeze that ...

A local assembly in Japan voted to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant. This plant has been idle since a 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan at a plant run by the same company. NPR's Anthony ...

(CNN) — Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans start of full-scale commercial operation of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s No. 6 reactor on March 18.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Citing cultural problems as the reason for the 2011 Japan nuclear reactor disaster is risky because some of the key problems involving regulation and technical issues could ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant after a 14-year shutdown, marking a pivotal shift back toward ...