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Japan Restarts First Nuclear Reactor Since 2011 Fukushima Disaster

HeadlineAug 11, 2015

In news from Japan, the Kyushu Electric Power Company has restarted Japan’s first nuclear reactor following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. This morning, the company restarted one of the reactors at the Sendai plant in southwest Japan, as people protested outside. Thousands of people marched Monday in opposition of the plant’s reopening. The restart comes just days after the 70th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on April 6 and April 9, 1945.

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