(MENAFN- QNA) A nuclear plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Wednesday, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
With Nuclear Regulation Authority approval, two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, achieved the first step toward restarting the country's nuclear power industry, Japan's News (Kyodo) reported.
The pro-nuclear government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to bring reactors back online amid a surge in fuel costs for thermal power generation, which has made up for the absence of atomic power.
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