Japanese company Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) received approval for the re-launch of nuclear reactors Fukushima. In addition, TEPCO now has the right to commission two new reactors located in the northern part of the country.
Most of the Japanese public is opposed to granting TEPCO permission to reuse reactors and this is perfectly understandable.
It is not clear what is different. How did the company that was accused of failing to comply with safety regulations at the Fukushima nuclear power plant once again manage to return to the market?
Recall that in March 2011, a major earthquake partially destroyed the building of the nuclear power plant Fukushima, and the subsequent tsunami damaged the power and cooling system of the three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which led to an unprecedented nuclear accident.
And although the area around the plant will be closed in the foreseeable future (experts are still registering extremely high levels of radiation here today), TEPCO specialists are already beginning preliminary work on restarting the reactors.