World | Japan Japan Restarts Nuke Reactor Protests break out as public safety concerns persist By Polly Davis Doig Posted Jul 1, 2012 8:56 AM CDT Copied This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows No. 3, right, and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) Japan re-entered the nuclear business today for the first time since the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdown more than a year ago, reports Reuters. Kansai Electric Power Co fired up the No. 3 reactor at its Ohi plant, and will add its No. 4 reactor later this month. The move comes as Japan stares down a summer energy crisis, yet is intensely unpopular among the nearly 70% of Japanese who want the government to eradicate nuclear power altogether. Protesters clogged both the Ohi plant and the streets of downtown Tokyo in response. Read These Next Ozzy Osbourne has died weeks after his "final bow." More big names lend support to Stephen Colbert. In-N-Out chain angers its loyal California customers. The House is starting its summer break early, thanks to Epstein. Report an error