Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

OI, Japan - Security guards stand near the entrance to Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on June 16, 2012. The Japanese government approved the resumption of operation of two nuclear reactors at the plant the same day amid concerns over the safety of atomic power generation following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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