KAGOSHIMA--The Kagoshima prefectural assembly is set to give the green light to restarting the reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant, as a majority of assembly members indicated they will vote in favor of bringing the reactors back online.
KAGOSHIMA--The Kagoshima prefectural assembly is set to give the green light to restarting the reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant, as a majority of assembly members indicated they will vote in favor of bringing the reactors back online.
The Asahi Shimbun has learned that a majority of the 51-member assembly will approve a petition supporting the resumption of operations of the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Sendai nuclear plant in Satsuma-Sendai.
The assembly will deliberate on the petition during an extraordinary meeting of its 15-member special committee on nuclear safety and countermeasures on Nov. 5-7, culminating in a Nov. 7 plenary session.
On Nov. 3, trade minister Yoichi Miyazawa met Kagoshima Governor Yuichiro Ito and prefectural assembly chairman Kenichi Ikehata after visiting the Sendai plant and called for their support for restarting the reactors.
Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held a meeting with members of LDP’s prefectural assembly caucus on the same day in Kagoshima and explained the party’s intention to restart the Sendai plant.
The 35-member LDP caucus is the largest group in the assembly, and some from the three-member Komeito caucus and independents in the assembly are also expected to vote in favor of the petition.
During his meeting with Miyazawa, Ito said deliberations to restart the Sendai plant are in their final stages.
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