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Japan vows to push ahead with reactor restarts after volcanic eruption highlights risks
(Reuters) - Japan's government said the sudden deadly eruption of a volcano in central Japan won't derail its push to restart two reactors located near active volcanoes,
even though the public remains opposed to nuclear power after the Fukushima crisis.
The government on Monday said the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries was hard to predict,
but critics were quick to note that the same was said about the tsunami and earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Thousands of people gathered in Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu after the eruption of Mount Ontake, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) away,
to protest against plans to restart two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co's nearby Sendai nuclear plant, according to one of the organizers.
The Sendai plant is located about 50 kilometers from Mount Sakurajima, an active volcano that erupts frequently.
Five giant calderas, crater-like depressions formed by past eruptions, are also in the region, the closest one 40 km from the Sendai plant.
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