 The units also have to be approved by the local prefecture authorities before restarting.In July 2015 fuel loading was completed at the Sendai-1 nuclear plant, it restarted August 11, 2015 and was followed by unit 2 on November 1, 2015.Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority approved the restart of Ikata-3 which took place on April 19, 2016, this reactor is the fifth to receive approval to restart.