Japan restarts nuclear reactor after 2-year hiatus

Japan restarts nuclear reactor after 2-year hiatus

People stage a sit-in in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on the morning of Aug. 11, 2015, prior to the resumption of the No. 1 reactor of the plant. Japan reactivated a nuclear reactor on the day for the first time in nearly two years despite strong safety concerns among the public following the catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi complex triggered by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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