Japan assesses damage and starts restoring power after earthquake
Six units with a combined capacity of about 3.6GW are offline without any timeline for restart
15 February 2021 - 09:02
Tokyo — Japan began assessing damage and restoring power after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off Fukushima late on Saturday, leaving about 150 people injured and temporarily cutting power to almost a million households.
No deaths were reported, according to public broadcaster NHK, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at a media conference on Sunday that no incidents were reported from reactors...
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