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Second nuclear plant reactor reactivated in Japan following Fukushima disaster | Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. has reactivated the reactor 4 at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, making it the second reactor to be restarted since the Fukushima nuclear crisis of March 2011. The Japanese power firm reactivated the plant's reactor 3 on
July 1 and brought it to full operation July 9, prompting the government to lower summer
power-saving targets for the service areas of four power suppliers in western
Japan . According to Japan Times, reactor 4, which is capable of generating 1.18
million KW, is scheduled to begin transmitting power Saturday and commence full
operation July 25, further easing power constraints in western Japan. The reactor
was idled July 22, 2011, for regular inspections and maintenance, and also had
to pass disaster-stress tests introduced in light of the Fukushima crisis. When
reactor 4 begins full operation, the Japanese government plans to remove power-saving
targets for Chbu Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power and Chugoku Electric
Power, while further easing the target for Shikoku Electric Power from 7 percent
to 5 percent. However, it intends to maintain the 10 percent target, recently
reduced from 15 percent, for Kansai Electric, the report said.
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