Japan's 2011 disaster-hit region sees first nuclear reactor restart

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan resumed operation on Tuesday for the first time since the region was affected by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, which also triggered a nuclear crisis, joining a dozen reactors in the country that have been rebooted after meeting more stringent safety standards.

The restart of the Onagawa nuclear power plant's No. 2 unit in Miyagi prefecture also marks the first time in Japan that a boiling water reactor -- the same type as the Fukushima Daiichi reactors that suffered fuel meltdowns during the nuclear crisis -- has been brought online since the 2011 disaster.