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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Genkai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows reactors No. 1 (back) and No. 2 of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Exterior view of Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai Nuclear Power Station

Exterior view of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. ＝Saga Prefecture, April 27, 2024.

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Sendai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan

File photo taken on Sept. 7, 2023, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Kyushu Electric Power Co. headquarters

Photo taken on March 30, 2023, shows the building housing the headquarters of Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the city of Fukuoka in southwestern Japan.

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Residents' call to halt reactors in southwest Japan rejected

FUKUOKA, April 6 Kyodo - Photo taken March 24, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected a call by local residents for an injunction to halt the restart of the two units.

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Utility shows procedures for resuming Sendai reactor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan, July 14 Kyodo - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official explains to reporters about the procedures for resuming the No. 1 reactor of its Sendai Nuclear Power Station in the southwestern Japanese city of Satsumasendai on July 14, 2015. The utility plans to reactivate the reactor around Aug. 10 to generate and transmit electricity around Aug. 13.

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Citizens march against Sendai reactor restart

FUKUOKA, June 3 Kyodo - Citizens stage a demonstration in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on May 27, 2015, against the restarting of nuclear reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. The plant has cleared regulator's safety screening for the restart.

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Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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NRA head inspects portable pumps at Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (far L)) and others inspect a depot storing portable pumps at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA head inspects Kyushu Electric's Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) and others inspect waterproof facilities in a seawater pumping area at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is the first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Morihiro Hosokawa, two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, meet the press after inspecting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Morihiro Hosokawa (C), two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, inspect Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (C) and Morihiro Hosokawa (L), two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, inspect Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2 reactors to restart in Japan after getting local go-ahead

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito tells a press conference at the prefectural government offices on Nov. 7, 2014, that he gave the green light for the restart of the Nos. 1 and 2 nuclear reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in his prefecture, saying the restart "is necessary" and that safety of the reactors has been ensured by nuclear regulators.

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2 reactors to restart in Japan after getting local go-ahead

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito tells a press conference at the prefectural government offices on Nov. 7, 2014, that he gave the green light for the restart of the Nos. 1 and 2 nuclear reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in his prefecture, saying the restart "is necessary" and that safety of the reactors has been ensured by nuclear regulators.

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Planned restart of nuclear power plant in Kagoshima

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014. The same day, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa visited the complex, which is expected to be the first nuclear plant to be brought back online under new safety regulations adopted after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Planned restart of nuclear power plant in Kagoshima

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa (far R) talks to Kyushu Electric Power Co. workers at the utility's nuclear power plant in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Southwest Japan mayor OKs nuke plant restart

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Mayor Hideo Iwakiri of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, gives a press conference on Oct. 28, 2014, following his approval for the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant, the first to meet strict safety requirements tightened after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Kagoshima Gov. Ito at press conference

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito gives a press conference in Kagoshima on Oct. 17, 2014, about a town meeting aimed at winning local residents' support for bringing Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant back online after it cleared the government's new, tighter safety regulations adopted after the Fukushima meltdowns.

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Safety briefing session held on Sendai nuke plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - A resident of Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, asks a question during a briefing session on the safety of the Sendai Nuclear Power Station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Oct. 9, 2014, ahead of its planned restart.

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People protest against plan to resume Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Protesters hold banners opposing the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai Nuclear Power Station in front of a venue for a briefing session on plant safety for residents in Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Safety briefing session held on Sendai nuke plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - More than 1,000 residents in Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, randomly selected by lottery attend a briefing session on the safety of the Sendai Nuclear Power Station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Oct. 9, 2014, ahead of its planned restart.

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Safety briefing session held on Sendai nuke plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Sendai Nuclear Power Station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. is shown in this photo taken in Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in June 2013. The company held the first briefing session on the safety of the plant for residents in Sendai on Oct. 9, 2014, after the Nuclear Regulation Authority approved safety precautions and opened the way to resume operations.

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Residents get iodine to prepare for possible nuke mishap

KARATSU, Japan - Residents in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, receive iodine tablets from pharmacists on Sept. 28, 2014, in preparation for a possible accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant located nearby.

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Many mega solar power projects under way in southwest Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Many mega solar power projects are under way on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu as seen in this file photo taken in Oita in April 2014. But Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on Sept. 24 that it will not sign new contracts to buy electricity from renewable energy sources for fear of an unstable power supply in local areas.

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Kyushu Electric to suspend FIT renewable energy contracts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. officials explain in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 24, 2014, about its decision to discontinue a program for purchasing electricity from renewable energy under a feed-in tariff system for fear of unstable power supply.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after the NRA approved the final version of its screening report on the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant under new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. With the approval, the two reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, moved closer to becoming the first in the country to be restarted.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, moves closer to resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority hold a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014 to discuss the safety of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. The five-member panel approved the final version of its screening report on the reactors under the new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in March 2014 shows two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Sept. 10, 2014, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Kyushu Electric considers decommissioning Genkai No. 1 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor (front), seen in this photo taken in June 2013, at its nuclear plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu.

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Volcanic risks may be reviewed at nuke power plant: official

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, outgoing commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, says in an interview in August 2014 that the NRA may review its assessment of volcanic eruption risks surrounding Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Storage batteries for solar power used in smart grid test

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official shows storage batteries for solar energy used in the utility's experiment in the "smart grid" next generation electricity supply system on Aug. 7, 2014, under way in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Power consumption meter used in smart grid network test

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. displays a power consumption meter on Aug. 7, 2014, distributed to households in the utility's experiment in the "smart grid" next generation electricity supply system now under way in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in March 2014.

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Japan nuclear plant clears safety hurdle toward restarting

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after the NRA approved a draft report required to resume the operations of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. The reactors are expected to become the first nuclear facility to restart under new safety standards introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) attends its meeting on July 16, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. The regulators unveiled a draft safety screening report needed to restart two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Satsumasendai in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, in what is seen as a key step to reviving the country's nuclear power generation.

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Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - People stage a rally on July 16, 2014, in front of a Tokyo building where the Nuclear Regulation Agency is housed calling for Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant to remain idled. The plant in Satsumasendai in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima will be the first nuclear complex to meet a new set of safety standards, introduced in July last year, if the regulators' safety screening report is finalized following a month-long public consultation period.

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Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. It will be the first nuclear complex to meet a new set of safety standards, introduced in July last year, if the Nuclear Regulation Agency's safety screening report is finalized following a month-long public consultation period.

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Citizens' group requests freezing of Sendai plant restart

TOKYO, Japan - Hosei University professor Harutoshi Funabashi, chairman of the Citizens' Commission on Nuclear Energy, calls for the freezing of the reactivation process of the two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2014.

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Ready room for crisis management built at nuke power plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. unveils a ready room additionally built to meet the government's new regulations on tsunami and tornado management in an emergency response facility at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2014.

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Crisis preparedness at Kyushu Electric Power's nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. unveils a protective wall built to surround a seawater-pumping area at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2014.

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Crisis preparedness at Kyushu Electric Power's nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. unveils a water tank equipped with protective walls against tornadoes at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2014.

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Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuke power plant in Kagoshima

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - The Sendai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. is seen in this file photo taken in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in January 2014. Construction of crisis management facilities is underway at the plant to meet the government's new disaster response regulations.

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Women's group against restart of nuclear reactors

FUKUOKA, Japan - A group of people holding a banner of the New Japan Women's Association stages a demonstration against restarting the idled nuclear reactors of Kyushu Electric Power Co., on June 26, 2014, outside the venue of the utility's shareholders' meeting in Fukuoka City, southwestern Japan.

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Opposing to restart of Sendai nuclear plant

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Leader of a citizen group Masanari Ishigami (R) hands a list of signatures, collected in opposition to restarting the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Co., to Ichikikushikino Mayor Seiichi Tabata at the city hall in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 24, 2014.