TOKYO, Jan 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan Thursday just hours after the process began, its operator said, but the reactor remained "stable". Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the world's biggest nuclear power plant by potential capacity, although just one reactor of seven was restarted. The facility was taken offline when Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a colossal earthquake and tsunami sent three reactors at the Fukushima atomic plant into meltdown in 2011. The company also operates the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, now being decommissioned. That makes no sense," Yumiko Abe, a 73-year-old resident, told AFP this week during a protest in front of the plant.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 22, 2026 09:44 UTC