MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In October, the Kyushu Electric Power Company took the first reactor of the NPP offline to conduct additional safety inspections, as the facility is located in a seismic zone, which was affected by earthquakes in April.
The operator of the NPP located in the southern country's Kagoshima prefecture will restart the reactor if no problems are detected, according to the NHK broadcaster.
The inspections are expected to continue after the restart and would last until January 6, 2017, the news outlet added.
In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude offshore earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit Japan's Fukushima NPP, leading to the leakage of radioactive materials and the shutdown of the plant. Soon after the tremor, Tokyo introduced new safety guidelines for the NPP and the first reactor of the Sendai NPP was the first to return online under the new regulations.
