Japan shuts down nuclear reactor

Japan shuts down nuclear reactor owing to glitches just days after restarting
The company is yet to announce a date on which operations will resume at the nuclear reactor located in Onagawa power plant.
Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts
All of Japan's 54 commercial nuclear power plants were shut down after the Fukushima disaster for safety checks and upgrades. Onagawa No. 2 is the 13th of the 33 still useable reactors to return to operation. It is also the first restart in Japan of the same type of reactor damaged in Fukushima.
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor 13 Years After Massive Earthquake
In the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, Japan decommissioned all 54 of its commercial nuclear reactors for safety reassessments and upgrades. Now, 13 out of the 33 viable reactors have been reactivated, with Onagawa No. 2 being the latest to join.
Japan restarts reactor damaged in 2011 earthquake
Amid protests, Tohoku Electric Power Co on Tuesday restarted the Onagawa nuclear power plant's No 2 unit in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, more than 13 years after the reactor was damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan to restart nuclear power plant closest to 2011 earthquake
The unit at Onagawa had escaped the disaster which befell the Fukushima plant in 2011. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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URGENT: Japan nuclear reactor in 2011 disaster area stops days after restart
A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan was halted Monday for checks, the plant operator said, just days after it became the first to restart in the region since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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