On July 16, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) unanimously agreed to provisionally approve the restart of the no. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The official approval report will be issued after a 30-day public question period. Since the plants cannot be restarted without the go-ahead from local community, they are expected to resume operation in or after October. Although there was some concern about the possible effects of volcanoes, the NRA agreed that “the possibility of an eruption during the operation of the plant is sufficiently low”. When asked about the possibility of restarting Kyushu’s other nuke plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said, “expect some progress [on that]”. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 7/17
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