Overview
- Plant head Takeyuki Inagaki told a press conference the utility plans to start up Unit 6 on Feb. 9.
- The Jan. 21 attempt—TEPCO’s first reactor startup since the 2011 Fukushima disaster—was halted after a control‑rod alarm about five hours and 25 minutes into the process.
- Inagaki said the glitch was tied to the alarm’s setting and did not affect the plant’s safe operation.
- Unit 6 sits within the seven‑reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa complex in Niigata Prefecture, described as the world’s largest nuclear power station by output when fully operational.
- Japanese media had reported a restart early next week, with the company preparing to brief on its next steps.