Japan To Reactivate Another Nuclear Reactor | Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy

Kansai Electric Power Co. said today July 11 that Japan will reactivate another idle nuclear reactor at the Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan on July 18. A sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, known as criticality, is expected to occur at the No. 4 unit on the morning of July 19, restart power transmission on July 21 and resume full-capacity operations by July 25, the utility said.