Japan restarts nuclear reactor for first time since tsunami

Japan Times : It has been almost four and a half years since the tsunami struck Fukushima, Japan, and significantly damaged the nuclear power plant there. In response to the failures at the plant, Japan’s government shut down all of the country’s nuclear reactors to inspect and upgrade them and to develop new policies for operating reactors. Last month, Kyushu Electric Power Company applied to restart one of the reactors. Despite protests, the company restarted one of the Sendai power plant reactors earlier today, and it plans to restart a second in October. There are also 23 more reactors at 14 other plants already under consideration for restart. The Sendai reactor will begin generating and delivering electricity by the end of the week and will operate under testing conditions for about a month. If the test period is successful, Kyushu Electric Power can begin selling electricity from the reactor in September.