TOKYO, 4th November, 2024 (WAM) — A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan was halted Monday for checks, the plant operator stated, simply days after it turned the primary to restart within the area for the reason that 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe.
According to Kyodo News, Tohoku Electric Power Co. stated that it’s going through difficulties in sending in a tool to substantiate the situation of the No. 2 reactor on the Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture.
The reactor final Tuesday joined a dozen others within the nation which were rebooted after assembly extra stringent security requirements imposed within the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant disaster, triggered by the quake-tsunami catastrophe that devastated coastal areas together with in Miyagi.
Tohoku Electric Power had deliberate to restart energy era and transmission on Sunday.
The restart of the Onagawa reactor marked the primary time in Japan {that a} boiling water reactor – the identical kind because the Fukushima Daiichi reactors that suffered gas meltdowns – has been introduced on-line for the reason that 2011 catastrophe.