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Work resumes on (new) Japanese nuclear reactor
A Japanese power firm has resumed construction of an atomic reactor, despite government plans to phase out nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
The reactor - 650 kilometres north of Tokyo - is being built by the J-Power company which had planned to have it operational in two years' time. The company says it has now resumed construction of the reactor which was halted work after the Fukushima meltdowns.
Economy, trade and industry minister Yukio Edano, who is charged with supervising the power industry, said the resumption had been a procedural matter and was a decision by the company.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-02/japan-resumes-reactor-work/4290390