Gov't to continue reactivating safe reactors

Gov't to continue reactivating safe reactors

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2015, after Kyushu Electric Power Co. reactivated the No. 2 reactor of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. Suga said the government upholds a policy of resuming operations of nuclear reactors as long as they satisfy the nation's stricter safety regulations introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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