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Japan's Kansai restarts nuke unit after lightning

Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:26am EST

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TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power Co (9503.T) said on Thursday that it restarted the 500-megawatt No.2 nuclear generator at its Mihama nuclear power plant after the unit shut down automatically earlier in the day when lightning hit the facility.

The 340-megawatt No.1 unit at the same facility in western Japan, which also automatically shut down when lightning struck, could be restarted as early as Friday, the utility said in a statement. (Reporting by James Topham)



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