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TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from ...

All of Japan’s 54 commercial nuclear power plants were shut down after the Fukushima disaster for safety checks and upgrades. Onagawa No. 2 was the 13th of the 33 still useable reactors to restart.