Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the world’s largest nuclear power plant, announced that the Kashiwazaki–Kariwa facility will resume operations on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, despite ongoing safety concerns among local residents.

In a statement quoted by Agence France-Presse, the company said it is continuing preparations to start the reactor and plans to remove the control rods after 7:00 p.m. local time (10:00 GMT), followed by the reactor’s activation.

Located about 220 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, the Kashiwazaki–Kariwa plant was among 54 nuclear reactors shut down nationwide after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant, triggering the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.