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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Takahashi (L), head of the Tokyo office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., receives a certificate for the completion of regular inspection of the Tomari nuclear power plant's reactor from Tetsuya Yamamoto, head of the nuclear power inspection division of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011. The same day HEPCO resumed commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor, the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups in the wake of the Fukushima crisis to restart commercial operation. (Kyodo)