Case Study: TEPCO Restarts Nuclear Reactors with LRQA Technical Audits

TEPCO restarts 7 reactor units with LRQA

LRQA helped TEPCO, the operator of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station, overcome a significant challenge. Following an earthquake, the plant was shut down and TEPCO needed to conduct extensive inspection and restoration work to obtain regulatory permission from Japan's METI to restart its reactors.

LRQA provided independent, third-party technical audit services to assess TEPCO's work. Their solution involved reviewing documentation and procedures and conducting on-site technical audits to verify compliance. This gave both TEPCO and the regulator the necessary confidence to proceed, enabling the safe restart of operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant.

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