Ex-nuke plant deputy chief now against restart of idle reactors

Ex-nuke plant deputy chief now against restart of idle reactors

Katsuaki Tokuda, 77, former deputy director of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, points in the direction of the plant at his home in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 11, 2015. The plant's No. 1 reactor was reactivated the same day. Tokuda, who negotiated with antinuclear protesters during construction of the Sendai complex's Nos. 1 and 2 reactors, now opposes resumption of nuclear power plants idled after the 2011 nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power station in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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