People gather in protest Wednesday morning, against the restart of Japan's Sendai Nuclear power plant. The particular plant was granted the regulators' approval for meeting specific regulations that were mandated following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

This particular plant will be the first reactor to be initiated under the stricter rules and regulations.

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The Nuclear Regulation Authority collectively consented on an inspection report for both of the Sendai Nuclear Power Station's reactors.

The approval concluded that the particular reactors passed the new regulations put forth to prevent any major damage during possible catastrophes - such as the immense earthquake and tsunami that caused the disastrous meltdowns at the Fukushima plant.

The double-reactor power station currently is in the process of obtaining the necessary approval from operation safety testing. The power plant then needs the approval of the proper local authorities.

Once the power station obtains the proper approval, it is said to be up and running by early 2015.

Japanese officials have been pushing to revamp the approved reactors in order to moderate the amount of highly expensive imported fuel that the country has been building dependence to.

Despite the few recent safety approvals, the public has been reluctant to the restart of the reactors; as the distrust of nuclear power is at an all time high following the disastrous Fukushima meltdown - the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in the mid 80's.

In order to deliver some assurance to the public, the government is pushing to permanently close 48 of the countries oldest reactors, which essentially will face stricter safety hurdles than the others.

Nuclear Regulation Authority chief Shunichi Tanaka states, "there would most likely be many of the 48 reactors that will not meet the proper commission's standards and therefore would not be restarted."

Any utilities that may want to extend the operations of older reactors must comply with regulations and submit a detailed safety application by July 2015.

If proper documentation is not delivered, stating how these particular reactors can be updated to meet the new stricter regulations, they will not receive proper approval and will ultimately be forced to permanently shut down.

One aspect of this that may bring peace to some of the locals; Officials say that there is an abundance of ageing reactors that would require a massive investment to bring them up to par. Therefore, chances are companies will not make these investment and they will be permanently deemed out of order.

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