From the the Financial Times (gated, but can be read with a free registration) : Japan poised to revive nuclear power

In brief:

  • Decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority announced on Wednesday to give the green light to an atomic plant to resume operations
  • First time that a Japanese nuclear facility has been certified as safe under the stricter post-accident standards
  • Could allow the plant’s owner, Kyushu Electric Power, to restart the facility’s two idled reactors as early as this autumn

More detail at the link, above

This from about a week or so ago: Japan press: Restart of two reactors nearing approval