Citing safety concerns, industry minister Yukio Edano expressed opposition Tuesday to temporarily reactivating two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to meet peak demand during summer.
Edano said that temporarily reactivating the Oi reactors “could be taken as allowing them to operate when (electricity) is in short supply even though they may not be safe.”
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