Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

OI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 2, 2012, shows the No. 3 reactor building (R) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast. The No. 3 reactor attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day after it became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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