Governor again requests reactor suspension

Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu meets with reporters on Sept. 7, 2016, in the city of Fukuoka after receiving a request from Satoshi Mitazono, governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, to suspend operations of two reactors at its Sendai nuclear plant. Mitazono issued the initial request on Aug. 26, but the utility rejected it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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