Japan’s Prime Minister Orders Restart of 2 Nuclear Reactors

New York Times: Brushing aside widespread public opposition, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the reactivation of two nuclear reactors at a plant in western Japan on Saturday, making it the nation's first plant to go back online since the crisis last year in Fukushima. The decision to restart the Ohi nuclear plant ends the temporary freeze of Japan's nuclear power industry since the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant led to the idling of all 50 of the country's functional reactors. Despite the...

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