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Japan / Prefecture Approves Restart Of Shimane-2 Boiling Water Reactor

By David Dalton
3 June 2022

Plant could become first BWR to restart since Fukushima
Prefecture Approves Restart Of Shimane-2 Boiling Water Reactor
Owner and operator Chugoku Electric is seeking to restart the reactor in 2023 at the earliest. Courtesy Wikimedia.
Shimane Prefecture in western Japan has approved a plan to restart a nuclear reactor of the same type as those that suffered meltdowns at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power stations following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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