The restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan on Thursday, with the operator saying it does not know when the problem would be solved. 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: Dhaka Tribune January 22, 2026 14:35 UTC