Kyushu Electric Starts Refueling of Nuclear Reactor, Moves Closer to Restart

KOFU, JAPAN--July 9, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Kyushu Electric Power Company Incorporated (TSE:9508) (Fukuoka, Japan) began refueling the No. 1 Nuclear Reactor at Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) on Tuesday. The company plans to load all 157 fuel rods through July 10. The refueling is another step toward returning a nuclear power station online in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Within this article: Update on plans to restart nuclear power generators in Japan.