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    Kariwa (刈羽村, Kariwa-mura) is a village located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2019[update], the village had an estimated population of 4,578...
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    The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (柏崎刈羽原子力発電所, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa genshiryoku-hatsudensho, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP) is a large, modern (housing...
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    Kariwa (刈羽郡, Kariwa-gun) is a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 4,578 with...
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    Kariwa Station (刈羽駅, Kariwa-eki) is a railway station in the village of Kariwa, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Kariwa...
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    JINED, INCJ and MAI. In 2007, TEPCO was forced to shut the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant after the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki earthquake. That year...
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    using heat generated by fission reactions within nuclear fuel. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6 is considered the first Generation III reactor in the world. Boiling...
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    resist the lateral loads of strong earthquakes and winds. The Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear generating station in the world...
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    neighbouring prefectures. The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo...
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    installed capacity of the largest nuclear power station, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan) at 7,965 MW. As of 2019, no power station comparable to Three Gorges...
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    Gozu at 912 meters. Niigata Prefecture Jōetsu Nagaoka Tōkamachi Izumozaki Kariwa Kashiwazaki has a Humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm, wet...
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