Japanese Nuclear Reactor That Restarted 13 Years After Fukushima Disaster Is Shut Down Again

Japanese Nuclear Reactor That Restarted 13 Years After Fukushima Disaster Is Shut Down Again
The Onagawa nuclear power plant, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc., in Onagawa, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2024. Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP
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TOKYO—A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down again Monday due to an equipment problem, its operator said.

The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s northern coast was put back online on Oct. 29 and had been expected to start generating power in early November.