{"id":171478,"date":"2025-06-05T09:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171478&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T01:01:06","slug":"genkai-reactor-restart-delayed-over-valve-issue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/genkai-reactor-restart-delayed-over-valve-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Genkai Reactor Restart Delayed Over Valve Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power has postponed the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture after a malfunctioning valve was discovered during inspection of the main steam system. Originally set to restart on June 4, the reactor had already been delayed once in May following a minor radiation exposure incident. No environmental impact has been reported, and a new schedule for restarting operations has not been set. <strong>Source:<\/strong> \u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250604\/5010028413.html\">NHK<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-171479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_genkai.png?resize=1024%2C568&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_genkai.png?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_genkai.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_genkai.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_genkai.png?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a>today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span class=\"s1\">this <b>form<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu Electric Power has postponed the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture after a malfunctioning valve was discovered during inspection of the main steam system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":171479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171478","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}