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Japan Clears Restart of Third Nuclear Power Unit
World | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: October 26, 2015 18:09 IST

TOKYO: The government of Japan today approved the reactivation of the Ikata nuclear plant, the third to become operational under new and strict security regulations following the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

Tokihiro Nakamura, governor of Ehime prefecture, today announced the approval to restart the third nuclear unit at Shikoku Electric Power Company's Ikata plant after a meeting with the company's representatives, Efe news agency reported.

The plant, however, is not expected to become operational till January 2016.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) had approved the reactivation of the plant in July.

The Ikata plant was the fifth nuclear reactor to get clearance from the NRA after it complied with the post-Fukushima norms.

Of these five reactors, so far only the first and second units of the Sendai plant have become operational, on August 11 and September 15.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/japan-clears-restart-of-third-nuclear-power-unit-1236529