Japan approves restart of tsunami-hit reactor
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Tohoku Electric Power has won initial regulatory approval to restart a reactor at its Onagawa power plant – the closest nuclear facility to the epicentre of the 2011 earthquake that caused the Fukushima disaster
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REACTOR STATUS (as of July 31, 2019) 

Restart application not filed
Under review 
Restart approved 
Restarted 
Decommissioning

Reactor types (with unit numbers) 
Pressurised Water (PWR)
Boiling Water (BWR)
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Major fault line
          
Tomari 123

Oma 

Higashidori 1

Onagawa 123

Fukushima Daiichi*

Fukushima Daini 1234

Tokai Daini  

Hamaoka 345

Mihama  123

Kashiwazaki Kariwa 1234567

Takahama 1234

Shika 12 

Shimane 123

Genkai 1234

Tsuruga 12

Ohi 1234

Ikata 123
  
Sendai 12

JAPAN
Tokyo  
               
200km 125 miles

*Disaster site – plant disabled
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Nov 27, 2019: Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority approves restart of No. 2 reactor at Onagawa nuclear power plant (right) – BWR has same basic design as reactors involved in Fukushima disaster
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Sources: Japan Nuclear Safety Institute, Reuters
Picture: Associated Press
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