Genkai nuclear reactor resumes power generation

Genkai nuclear reactor resumes power generation

GENKAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 2, 2011, shows the No. 4 reactor building at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant. The reactor resumed power generation the same day, after it was reactivated the previous day following a one-month hiatus, the company said.

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