Japan restarts reactor, marking country’s return to nuclear energy after Fukushima reactor disaster
 Japan has resumed the operation of the first reactor of the nuclear power plant Sendai for the first time after all the nuclear power plants were shut down in March 2011 following a major earthquake.
On 11th August, Japanese Kyushu Electric Power Company announced the resumption of a power unit at Sendai NPP. Another unit at the plant is scheduled to be put into operation in mid-October. The restart marks Japan’s return to nuclear energy four-and-half-years after the 2011 meltdowns.
Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, caused a devastating nuclear accident. The Japanese national atomic regulator revived the nuclear power plant safety and security norms. Both power nuclear units at Sendai NPP have received the approval of the Office of Nuclear Regulation in accordance with the new security requirements. It has been reported that the Sendai NPP’s operator company spent around $ 120 million for assuring the new safety system.
Japanese authorities intend to restart 25 nuclear reactors. As of now, the permission to restart operation is given to the third power unit at the Ikata NPP (Ehime Prefecture) and two power units at Takahama NPP (Fukui Prefecture), though the timing of their operationalisation is yet to be announced.  According to Yuri Prokudin, an expert of the forex trading information website FX Bazooka, the restart of its nuclear program after Fukushima events would be a very complicated and delicate matter in Japan. On one hand, peaceful nuclear power could not be psychologically accepted quickly due to public fears after the accident. However, he observed, “From an economic point of view, NPP re-launch was only a matter of time: decline of trade balance caused by need to procure high-priced utility products would return to this point sooner or later anyway.”

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Japan restarts reactor, marking country’s return to nuclear energy after Fukushima reactor disaster
 Japan has resumed the operation of the first reactor of the nuclear power plant Sendai for the first time after all the nuclear power plants were shut down in March 2011 following a major earthquake.
On 11th August, Japanese Kyushu Electric Power Company announced the resumption of a power unit at Sendai NPP. Another unit at the plant is scheduled to be put into operation in mid-October. The restart marks Japan’s return to nuclear energy four-and-half-years after the 2011 meltdowns.
Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, caused a devastating nuclear accident. The Japanese national atomic regulator revived the nuclear power plant safety and security norms. Both power nuclear units at Sendai NPP have received the approval of the Office of Nuclear Regulation in accordance with the new security requirements. It has been reported that the Sendai NPP’s operator company spent around $ 120 million for assuring the new safety system.
Japanese authorities intend to restart 25 nuclear reactors. As of now, the permission to restart operation is given to the third power unit at the Ikata NPP (Ehime Prefecture) and two power units at Takahama NPP (Fukui Prefecture), though the timing of their operationalisation is yet to be announced.  According to Yuri Prokudin, an expert of the forex trading information website FX Bazooka, the restart of its nuclear program after Fukushima events would be a very complicated and delicate matter in Japan. On one hand, peaceful nuclear power could not be psychologically accepted quickly due to public fears after the accident. However, he observed, “From an economic point of view, NPP re-launch was only a matter of time: decline of trade balance caused by need to procure high-priced utility products would return to this point sooner or later anyway.”

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