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One nuclear reactor restarts in Japan

First nuclear power plant restarted in Japan since tsunami, Herald Sun  November 02, 2011 A NUCLEAR reactor in southern Japan was to begin producing electricity again today, its operator company said, in the first restart of a stalled atomic power plant since the Fukushima disaster.

Operations at the reactor began late yesterday, Kyushu Electric Power said, less than a month after the facility automatically shut down following a safety alert.

“The reactor was restarted at 23:00 yesterday. Power generation is set to start this afternoon,” a spokesman for the company said.

The reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant, in southern Saga prefecture, is the first to resume operations since the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11 sparked an atomic emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The restart will come as a boost to Japan’s beleaguered nuclear industry, which is battling a sceptical public largely unwilling to allow operations to restart at the dozens of stalled reactors nationwide…..

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/first-nuke-plant-restarted-since-tsunami/story-e6frf7lf-1226183900994

November 3, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Japan