Tepco to gradually restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

Tepco aims to gradually restart the nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant beginning April 2013 to curb fossil fuel costs.

Tepco also owns six reactors at two nuclear plants in Fukushima, but restarting them would not be easy as the host Fukushima prefecture has pledged to become a model for a nuclear-free society and called for scrapping of all the reactors in the prefecture.

It remains unclear if the reactors would restart as scheduled, as the firm needs to have the local governments' backing before restarting any of them.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant 1 will be restarted on April 2013, with succeeding restarts scheduled on May 2013, October 2013, December 2013, July 2014, Februeay 2015 and September 2015.

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