Protests break out in Japan as government restarts aging nuclear reactors while Fukushima continues to ravage environment

Protesters gathered outside the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant as Kyushu Electric Power Co. activated the No. 1 reactor on August 11. This was the first reactor to be restarted under new regulations since a tsunami laid waste to three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site in 2011.(1) The Japanese government claimed that the reactor Read More