Japan's Kyushu Electric says begins restart of Sendai reactor

Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station is seen from the shoreline in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, August 8, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kyushu Electric Power began to restart its Sendai No. 1 reactor on Tuesday, the company said, the first attempt to reboot Japan's nuclear industry in nearly two years after the sector was shut down in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

The utility, which supplies electricity to the island of the same name in southwestern Japan, began the restart of the reactor at 10:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) as scheduled, a spokesman said.