The Sendai Nuclear Power Plant on the island of Kyushu broke a four-year lull on 11 August when it switched one of its reactors back on. The restart is the first since Japan’s nuclear-power industry ground to a halt two years ago following safety concerns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.
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[2] http://www.nature.com/news/japan-s-nuclear-revival-won-t-lower-carbon-emissions-enough-1.18156
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