After the 2011 accident at Fukushima, Japan shut down all 54 of its nuclear reactors, but has since restarted 12 of the 33 units still operational.
The second reactor of the Onagawa nuclear power plant located in Japan’s Miyagi region near Fukushima Prefecture was scheduled to restart on Tuesday, the operator of the plant, Tohoku Electric Power Company, said.
The Onagawa plant has raised the height of the wall protecting the reactor in case of a tsunami to 29 meters above sea level.
Safety standards have been tightened after the 2011 accident in Fukushima. After the accident, Japan shut down all 54 of its nuclear reactors, but has since restarted 12 of the 33 units still operational. The reactor to be started on Tuesday is the 13th.
It is the first time that a reactor of the boiling water reactor (BWR) type used in Fukushima has been restarted since the accident.