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 (far right) 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.

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