Japan Plans to Restart First Nuclear Reactors Since Fukushima
Japanese Trade Minister Yukio Edano has announced that two of Japan's nuclear reactors - the No. 3 and No. 4 units at Ohi - have been declared safe and will need to be restarted. The reactors - owned by Kansai Electric Power Co. - will be the first in Japan to restart since the Fukushima crisis last year.The announcement came in a news conference after a meeting with Edano, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and two other ministers. According to Edano, the four agreed that the reactors cleared the government’s technical review on resilience against severe events, and also that a restart was necessary to avoid a sudden power shortage in the summer, when Kansai’s power supply may fall by up to 20 percent short of peak-hour demand.
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