Kyushu Power hopes to restart Genkai by Wed.

The operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in western Japan is set to restart its Number 4 reactor that shut down on October 4, due to a procedural error.

It will become the first reactor in Japan to come back on line since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March.

Kyushu Electric Power Company's Vice President Haruyoshi Yamamoto visited Genkai Town Mayor Hideo Kishimoto on Tuesday.

Yamamoto said that he would like operations to resume as soon as preparations are completed.

Yamamoto told reporters that he wants the reactor back on line by Wednesday, so that it can be operating normally by the end of the week.

Mayor Kishimoto said he has no objection to the restart if the government has confirmed the reactor's safety. He said he wants Kyushu Power to put a system in place that will eliminate human errors.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011 16:00 +0900 (JST)