Japan nuclear reactor resumes full operation

Japan nuclear reactor resumes full operation

FUKUI, Japan - Photo on July 9, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor (R) at the Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui Prefecture. The reactor began generating electricity at capacity that day, becoming the first of the country's 50 commercial reactors to return to full service after all were taken offline in May 2012 in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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