- TEPCO has requested permission to restart the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in January.
- This would be the first TEPCO reactor to resume operation since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
- Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority will conduct a final safety screening before allowing the restart, emphasizing lessons learned from Fukushima.

A: Hey! Did you hear about the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant?

B: No way! What's going on?

A: TEPCO wants to turn Reactor No. 6 back on in January!

B: Seriously? That's… a big deal, right? Especially after Fukushima.

A: Yeah, it’s the first TEPCO reactor online since then. They’re asking the nuclear authority to let them.

B: Wow. They’re saying they’re checking all the equipment first. A really thorough check.

A: Exactly! If everything’s okay, they’ll do even *more* checks before turning it on fully. They want to be running by late February.

B: I bet the TEPCO president is feeling a lot of pressure.

A: He says they’re taking safety *super* seriously because of Fukushima.

B: Makes sense. The head of the nuclear authority talked about it too.

A: He said they're remembering what happened and will be really careful.

B: It sounds like they know nuclear power isn't totally safe, you know?

A: Totally! They're trying to balance safety with needing electricity, I guess.