In 2007 , TEPCO was forced to shut the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant after the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki earthquake . That year it posted its first loss in 28 years . Corporate losses continued until the plant reopened in 2009 . Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , one of its power plants was the site of one of the world 's most serious continuing nuclear disaster , the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . TEPCO could face ¥ ( $ ) in special losses in the current business year to March 2012 , and the Japanese government plans to put TEPCO under effective state control to guarantee compensation payments to the people affected by the accident . The Fukushima disaster displaced 50,000 households in the evacuation zone because of leaks of radioactive materials into the air , soil and sea
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Tokyo Electric Power Company