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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (柏崎刈羽原子力発電所, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa genshiryoku-hatsudensho; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP) is a large, modern (housing the world's first advanced boiling water reactor or ABWR) nuclear power plant on a 4.2-square-kilometer (1,000-acre) site.[1] The campus spans the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on the coast of the Sea of Japan, where it gets cooling water. The plant is owned and operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), and it is the largest nuclear generating station in the world by net electrical power rating. On 16 July 2007, the Chūetsu offshore earthquake took place, with its epicenter located only 19 km (12 mi) from the plant. The earthquake registered Mw 6.6, ranking it among the strongest earthquakes to occur in the immediate range of a nuclear power plant.[1] This shook the plant beyond design basis and initiated an extended shutdown for inspection, which indicated that greater earthquake-proofing was nee

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 37°25′42″N 138°36′06″E / 37.42833°N 138.60167°E / 37.42833; 138.60167 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, Japan This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines . Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure. ( January 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) {{cite news |title=Japan suspends world's largest nuclear plant hours after restart |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c

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