Worried Japan Shuts Down World’s Largest Nuclear Plant Mere Hours After Restart When Alarm Sounds

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear POower Plant located north of Tokyo.

Restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is a delicate affair.

Fifteen years ago, Japan (and the world) lived through one of the worst nuclear disasters ever at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

It was the ‘perfect storm’: a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami that overwhelmed the plant’s defenses.

Lack of power disabled the cooling systems for the reactors, leading to meltdowns in three reactors...