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TEPCO weighs scrapping 2 reactors at Niigata nuclear power plant

October 17, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)

NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday it is considering decommissioning two of the seven reactors at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, all of which are currently offline.

TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said in a prefectural assembly session that the utility is studying scrapping the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s Nos. 1 and 2 reactors, which began operating in 1985 and 1990, respectively.

His comments come as local municipalities around the nuclear power plant remain concerned about the complex’s safety and have requested that some of its Nos. 1 to 5 reactors be shut down……………………………………………………https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251017/p2g/00m/0bu/007000c

October 18, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety