Occupying 4.2 sq km of land along the Japan Sea coast, it is the biggest nuclear power plant in the world. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kashiwazaki-kariwa nuclear power plant, with the Japan Sea in the distance. “Geologically speaking, this is no place for a nuclear power plant,” says Kazuyuki Takemoto, a retired local councillor and a lifelong anti-nuclear activist. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Workers at Kashiwazaki-kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. “Tepco caused the 2011 accident, so there is no way I would ever support restarting nuclear reactors here,” she said.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 01:52 UTC