Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

OI, Japan - Employees work on the morning of July 2, 2012, in the central control room at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, after the No. 3 reactor at the plant attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day. It became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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