TOKYO, Nov 12 (NNN-NHK) – A nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan, damaged by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster, received the final approval yesterday, to restart operations after clearing the last hurdle with local offices.
The governor of Miyagi Prefecture approved the restart of the No. 2 reactor, at Tohoku Electric Power Company’s Onagawa nuclear plant, the first reactor in the region, affected by the disaster, to win local consent for restart.
Miyagi Governor, Yoshihiro Murai, and mayors of Onagawa and Ishinomaki, the two municipalities hosting the plant unit, consented at a meeting, after the plant passed national safety screening in Feb.
The assemblies of Onagawa, Ishinomaki and Miyagi had earlier agreed to allow the reactor to go back online.
The central government has been pushing for resuming the reactor’s operation, to ensure a stable power supply, with Trade Minister, Hiroshi Kajiyama, seeking Murai’s consent in Mar, according to local media.– NNN-NHK
