(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Japan restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years Tuesday despite lingering public fears of atomic
power following the country's worst accident at the Fukushima Daiichi
plant in 2011, dpa reported.
Kyushu Electric Power Co said it brought reactor 1 at the Sendai
Nuclear Power Plant back online at 10:30 am (0130 GMT), about 50
kilometres from the active Sakurajima volcano on the southern island
of Kyushu.
The company said it would start generating and delivering electricity
on Friday, and enter commercial operation at the plant in early
September, a year after regulators approved the resumption of its two
reactors. It is expected to restart the other unit in October.
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