Japan to restart 2nd nuclear reactor on Oct 15 under post-Fukushima rules

[yuiyoshida]

Source: JapanToday

TOKYO —

Kyushu Electric Power Co will restart a nuclear reactor in southwestern Japan on Oct 15, making it the second to return to operation after the government introduced stricter safety regulations following the 2011 triple reactor meltdowns at a power plant in Fukushima.

Kyushu Electric reported its plan to reactivate the No. 2 reactor at its Sendai complex to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday.

The No. 1 unit at the two-reactor plant resumed operation in August, becoming the first reactor to restart under what the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls “the world’s toughest” safety rules implemented after the Fukushima disaster. The restart ended a nearly two-year hiatus in the country’s nuclear power generation.

The government plans to have nuclear power account for 20% to 22% of Japan’s total electricity supply in 2030, compared with roughly 30% before the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, despite the majority of the public opposing nuclear plant restarts.

The government sees nuclear power as necessary for the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in combating climate change.

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Ecological dumb asses. nt

[davidpdx]

2. I wonder how many people will die 20 years after the accident due to the meltdown

Japan is going to have to ask themselves whether it was worth the loss of life.