Omo, my people, e don happen again! Tepco wey be Tokyo Electric Power Company don gree say dem go delay the restart of their big nuclear plant wey dem dey call Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. Na so dem report am for NHK, as e start with alarm wahala wey happen over the weekend.
Dis Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant na the biggest nuclear reactor for di world, wey get capacity reach 8.2 gigawatts. E don dey offline since di big gbege wey happen for Fukushima back in 2011, when earthquake and tsunami carry dem enter meltdown. Now, dem sabi say dem wan restart Unit No 6 dis week, but with this alarm wahala, e don scatter their plans. Dem plan say dem go restart on February 26 after dem finish necessary checks.
TEPCO come talk say dem go need one or two extra days to check di equipment well well. E get one alarm wey gree act funny during equipment testing, but dem don say dem fix am by Sunday. Dem go still need to explain wetin happen to di nuclear authorities before dem fit restart everything.
Omo, people wey dey reside for Japan no go gree make these nuclear plans waka smoothly. About 50 people gather for outside TEPCO headquarters for Tokyo dey protest, dey shout “No to the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa!” Dem dey fear say if any big wahala happen with the reactor, na serious gbege go follow.
Takeshi Sakagami, wey be di president of Citizens’ Nuclear Regulatory Watchdog Group, come dey shout for di rally say di full investigation dey needed. He talk say if dem confirm say e get major gidi gidi for di reactor, di plant better make dem shut am down for good. E sure sey dis reactor don pass all di safety standards wey de for di country, but na wetin dey happen now wey dey give people concern.
As e be, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi don talk sey she dey support the use of nuclear power to help combat climate change and reduce di heavy reliance on fossil fuel imports wey don dey put pressure for dem economy. Japan na di fifth largest country wey dey release carbon dioxide for di world, so di pressure dey increase to find alternative energy sources.
Make we just dey watch di story as e dey unfold. E fit sweet for some people body, but e no dey sweet for others. We no go stop to dey update una as later story go come out regarding dis matter. Stay tuned!
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