Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

Aging Takahama nuclear reactor restarted after 12-year halt

Photo taken on July 28, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 1 reactor (R) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama. The reactor was restarted the same day after a 12-year halt in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, making it the oldest operating reactor in Japan as it started commercial operation 48 years ago.

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