Japan heads back to nuclear zero for reactor checkups

TOKYO: Workers will switch off one of Japan’s two working reactors on Monday, with the other set for shutdown later this month and no restarts in sight amid continued public hostility to nuclear power.

Kansai Electric Power will start reducing generating power at its Unit No. 3 at the Oi plant, Fukui prefecture, western Japan, shortly before 5 p.m., a company spokesman said.