TEPCO sets Jan. 20 for 1st reactor restart since Fukushima disaster

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has decided to restart a reactor northwest of Tokyo on Jan. 20, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday, after securing key local consent for the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi met separately in Tokyo with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and industry minister Ryosei Akazawa to convey his approval for the restart of the Nos. 6 and 7 units at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex.