A Japan reactor's restart highlights problem in spent nuclear fuel stockpile

The operation floor inside the Unit 6 reactor building is pictured during a media tour at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kariwa Village, Niigata prefecture, Japan on Friday, May 1, 2026. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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