TEPCO postpones 1st reactor restart since Fukushima due to alarm trouble

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it will postpone until an unspecified date the restart of its nuclear reactor northwest of Tokyo -- its first since the 2011 Fukushima disaster -- due to a control-rod alarm failure.The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture was initially set to restart on Tuesday, but an alarm designed to sound when two non-paired control rods are withdrawn from the reactor fuel core failed to trigger during a test Saturday, the utility said at a press conference.The company said it will announce a new date for restarting the No. 6 un…READ FULL ARTICLE