CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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