Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, June 18, 2012

Japan Government Authorizes Restart of Two Reactors

Industry/Regulatory/Political

• Japan’s government has approved restarting two reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in the Fukui prefecture in central Japan. The government decision came after the governor of Fukui told Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that he approved the restart. All 50 of Japan’s reactors have been idled for inspections, the last going off line in May, and the central government has warned…