Japan restarts 2nd nuclear plant under tighter post-Fukushima rules

A man holds a placard on Jan. 29, 2016, in front of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast to express opposition to the day's reactivation of the complex's No. 3 reactor. Takahama became the second nuclear complex to restart and the first running on uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuel since Japan's new safety standards were put in place after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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