JAPAN TO REOPEN 1ST NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER FUKUSHIMA DISASTER - DESPITE VOLCANO RISKS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 19:01

A local council has voted to re-open the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant on the outermost western coast of Japan, despite local opposition and meteorologists’ warnings, following tremors in a nearby volcano.

Nineteen out of 26 members of the city council of Satsumasendai approved the reopening that is scheduled to take place from early 2015. Like all of Japan’s 48 functional reactors, Sendai’s 890 MW generators were mothballed in the months following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Satsumasendai, a town of 100,000 people, relies heavily on state subsidies and jobs, which are dependent on the continuing operation of the plant.

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