Fuel rods inserted in No.2 reactor

September 14, 2015

Fuel rods placed into 2nd Sendai reactor

Sep. 14, 2015 - Updated 04:21 UTC+2

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The operator of the Sendai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan has finished placing fuel rods into the plant's No.2 reactor.

Kyushu Electric Power Company says workers completed the process of loading 157 fuel rod units into the reactor on Sunday night.

It plans to restart the reactor in the middle of next month.

The No.1 reactor at the plant resumed commercial operation on Thursday of last week.

It was the first reactor to be restarted under new regulations introduced after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March of 2011.

The 2 reactors went offline after the accident. All the fuel rods were removed by February of 2013.

Kyushu Electric says no problems have been reported during the work to load the fuel rods. The operator will now check whether the units are properly positioned.

The operator plans to hold accident-response drills and inspect emergency facilities before restarting the No.2 reactor.