Japan Fukushima reactor restarts
In southern Japan, Kyushu Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear plant. It marks Japan’s return after 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant following the earthquake and tsunami.
The plant will be the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
The Fukushima disaster displaced more than 100,000 people due to radioactive contamination and spurred a national debate over this resource-scarce country’s reliance on nuclear power.
Dozens of protesters were gathered outside the plant as police stood guard.
