Nuclear reactor resumes operation 30 months after fatal accident

Nuclear reactor resumes operation 30 months after fatal accident

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 10 shows the No. 3 reactor (fore) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, which resumed operation, two and a half years after an accident that killed five people and injured six others. The accident was blamed on pipes that had not been inspected for 28 years. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000034917
  • Registered date
  • 2007/1/10 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1228 × 1582 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 372.34(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

    Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

    Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. The operator of the disaster-stricken complex was set to attempt to remove a small amount of melted fuel from one of its crippled reactors the same day, but decided to put the extraction trial on hold due to issues discovered during preparations.
      Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

      Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. The operator of the disaster-stricken complex was set to attempt to remove a small amount of melted fuel from one of its crippled reactors the same day, but decided to put the extraction trial on hold due to issues discovered during preparations.
        FPSO Haikui No. 1

        FPSO Haikui No. 1

        ''The 'Haikui No. 1' is being loaded onto a ship at the anchorage of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is known that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and offloading device 'Sea Kui No. 1' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and is capable of operating continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock.'' (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
          FPSO Haikui No. 1

          FPSO Haikui No. 1

          Workers are untying the cable of Haikui No. 1 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on May 12, 2024. It is understood that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and unloading device ''Sea Kui No. 1'' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once in a hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and can operate continuously at sea for 15 years without returning to dock. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
            FPSO Haikui No. 1

            FPSO Haikui No. 1

            Haikui No. 1 is being shipped from CNOOC Qingdao International High-End Equipment Manufacturing Base in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is understood that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and unloading device, ''Sea Kui No. 1,'' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and can operate continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
              FPSO Haikui No. 1

              FPSO Haikui No. 1

              Haikui No. 1 is being shipped from CNOOC Qingdao International High-End Equipment Manufacturing Base in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is understood that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and unloading device, ''Sea Kui No. 1,'' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and can operate continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
                FPSO Haikui No. 1

                FPSO Haikui No. 1

                Haikui No. 1 is being shipped from CNOOC Qingdao International High-End Equipment Manufacturing Base in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is understood that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and unloading device, ''Sea Kui No. 1,'' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and can operate continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
                  FPSO Haikui No. 1

                  FPSO Haikui No. 1

                  ''The 'Haikui No. 1' is being loaded onto a ship at the anchorage of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is known that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and offloading device 'Sea Kui No. 1' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and is capable of operating continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock.'' (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
                    FPSO Haikui No. 1

                    FPSO Haikui No. 1

                    ''The 'Haikui No. 1' is being loaded onto a ship at the anchorage of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is known that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and offloading device 'Sea Kui No. 1' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and is capable of operating continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock.'' (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)
                      FPSO Haikui No. 1

                      FPSO Haikui No. 1

                      ''The 'Haikui No. 1' is being loaded onto a ship at the anchorage of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, China, on May 12, 2024. It is known that Asia's first cylindrical floating production storage and offloading device 'Sea Kui No. 1' is designed to withstand severe sea conditions that occur once every hundred years, has a design life of 30 years, and is capable of operating continuously at sea for 15 years without needing to return to dock.'' (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)