Japan's 2011 disaster-hit region sees reactor restart for 1st time

A nuclear reactor resumed operation Tuesday for the first time in northeastern Japan since the region was affected by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, which also triggered a nuclear crisis, joining a dozen reactors in the country that have been rebooted after meeting more stringent safety standards.The restart of the Onagawa nuclear power plant's No. 2 unit in Miyagi Prefecture also marks the first time in Japan that a boiling water reactor -- the same type as the Fukushima Daiichi reactors that suffered fuel meltdowns during the nuclear crisis -- has been brought online since the 2011…READ FULL ARTICLE