The largest nuclear power plant in the world by installed capacity, seven boiling water reactors totaling about 7,965 megawatts on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture. Operated by TEPCO, the plant has been offline since the years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, awaiting restart approvals, which makes it also the largest idle power station on Earth.
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Facility Type LocationNiigata Prefecture, Japan 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned YearUnit 1 entered commercial operation in 1985; unit 7, the last, in 1997. Connections
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The accident is the reason the largest nuclear plant in the world has stood idle since; both plants are TEPCO stations.
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the plant has been offline since the years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, awaiting restart approvals, which makes it also the largest idle power station on Earth.
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- Associated With: Fukushima Daiichi Accident
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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 nuclear power plant on a 4.2-square-kilometer (1,000-acre) site spanning the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
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