Japanese PM orders reactor start
10:19 • 16.06.12
Japan has announced that it will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima crisis.
BBC News has quoted officials as saying that reactors at the Ohi plant in central Fukui prefecture will be switched on in three weeks.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has urged support for the move, saying Japan faces a summer of power shortages.
But widespread public opposition to nuclear power remains.
Japan's 50 reactors were shut down for routine maintenance after the meltdown at the Fukushima power plant, which was triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
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