Tohoku Elec restarts 34-MW gas-fired unit

The No. 6 gas turbine unit of Tohoku Electric's 34-megawatt Niigata power plant resumed operations a day after it was shut.

Problems that occurred with its gas pressurising equipment were immediately addressed.

The turbine was set up late last year as part of emergency measures to avoid electricity outages amid the dramatic reduction in nuclear power generation after the March earthquake sparked the world's worst atomic disaster in 25 years in Japan's northeast.

Public fears about nuclear safety after the radiation crisis in Fukushima have prevented authorities from giving utilities the go-ahead to restart reactors closed for regular maintenance.

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