By Mari Saito and Kentaro Hamada TOKYO (Reuters) - A nuclear plant in southern Japan cleared an initial safety hurdle on Wednesday which could see it become the first nuclear facility to restart after the industry was idled by the 2011 Fukushima disaster. With Japan in its first summer without nuclear power in four decades, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing to restart the country's 48 nuclear reactors, as a prolonged shutdown forces the nation to rely on expensive fossil fuel imports. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave preliminary safety approval for Kyushu Electric Co's 9508.T Sendai plant, accepting its upgraded design and safety features.
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