Kansai Electric restarts nuclear reactor at Takahama plant

Kansai Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has restarted one of the two reactors at its Takahama plant in central Japan that had been suspended by a court ruling, with the aim of starting its commercial operation in mid-June.Kansai Electric reactivated in the afternoon the No. 4 reactor in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, which is expected to reach criticality Thursday morning and start delivering electricity next Monday.The reactor made an emergency shutdown due to a technical problem in February last year, just three days after resuming operation, and had remained halted along…READ FULL ARTICLE