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(240224) -- BEIJING, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the Zhangzhou nuclear power project under construction in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. China has begun construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project using Hualong One reactors, domestically developed third-generation reactors, in the city of Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The first four Hualong One units have been completed and put into operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The Zhangzhou nuclear power project is designed to consist of six nuclear power units, each with a 1-million-kilowatt power generation capacity. (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-HUALONG ONE-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240222) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. China has begun construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project using Hualong One reactors, domestically developed third-generation reactors, in the city of Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The first four Hualong One units have been completed and put into operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The Zhangzhou nuclear power project is designed to consist of six nuclear power units, each with a 1-million-kilowatt power generation capacity. (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-HUALONG ONE-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240222) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. China has begun construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project using Hualong One reactors, domestically developed third-generation reactors, in the city of Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The first four Hualong One units have been completed and put into operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The Zhangzhou nuclear power project is designed to consist of six nuclear power units, each with a 1-million-kilowatt power generation capacity. (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-HUALONG ONE-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240222) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. China has begun construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project using Hualong One reactors, domestically developed third-generation reactors, in the city of Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The first four Hualong One units have been completed and put into operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The Zhangzhou nuclear power project is designed to consist of six nuclear power units, each with a 1-million-kilowatt power generation capacity. (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT-HUALONG ONE-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240222) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the Zhangzhou nuclear power project under construction in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. China has begun construction on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project using Hualong One reactors, domestically developed third-generation reactors, in the city of Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The first four Hualong One units have been completed and put into operation, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The Zhangzhou nuclear power project is designed to consist of six nuclear power units, each with a 1-million-kilowatt power generation capacity. (Xinhua)

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Key Piece Of Debris Removed From One Of Damaged Fukushima Reactors

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN - AUG. 2: A key piece of debris was successfully removed Sunday from a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, clearing the way for the removal of over 500 spent fuel rods sitting inside the unit's cooling pool more than four years after the 2011 crisis. An official of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. called the removal of fuel handing equipment from the pool "major progress" in the debris clearing process and a step forward to the reactor's eventual decommissioning. The fuel handing device, used to put fuel rods in and out of the No. 3 reactor and located above its spent fuel pool, fell into the pit when a hydrogen explosion rocked the structure housing the reactor on March 14, 2011.

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Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy.

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Fresh suit filed over planned restart of 4 Kansai Electric reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Fukui District Court on Dec. 5, 2014, to file for an injunction order to suspend the planned restart of four nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. They are asking that the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Takahama plant and Nos. 3 and 4 units at the Oi plant, currently offline for safety screening by the nuclear regulator, not be restarted.

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TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Anegawa (R), managing executive officer of Tokyo Electric Power Co., submits applications for state safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture to an official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. TEPCO joined moves by four other utilities in Japan seeking to reactivate atomic power plants to improve their business conditions.

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TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Anegawa, managing executive officer of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters after submitting applications for state safety assessments of the Nos. 6 and 7 nuclear reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture to the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013. TEPCO joined moves by four other utilities in Japan seeking to reactivate atomic power plants to improve their business conditions.

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Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2013 shows the four buildings (in background) containing the Nos. 1-4 reactors, and numerous tanks (foreground) containing radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said Aug. 20, 2013, that an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the water storage tanks at the Fukushima plant, making it the worst leakage incident from such containers.

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S. Korean nuclear reactors

ULSAN, South Korea - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2013, shows dome-type Advanced Power Reactor 1400 reactors at the Kori nuclear power plant in Ulsan, South Korea. In 2009, South Korea landed a $41 billion contract to export four APR 1400 reactors to the UAE together with operational skills and nuclear fuel.

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Kagoshima governor wins 3rd term

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito receives a bouquet from prefectural government employees as he arrived at the prefectural hall in the city of Kagoshima on July 9, 2012. He won a third four-year term in a gubernatorial election the previous day, defeating an antinuclear challenger after campaigning on a platform of conditionally allowing the restart of idled reactors at a local nuclear plant.

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Kuwait scraps nuclear power

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Osama Al-Sayegh, a research scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, speaks to reporters at the Kuwaiti government research body in Kuwait City on Feb. 21, 2012. He said Kuwait is no longer pursuing nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, scrapping a plan to build four reactors by 2022.

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1,704 people seek shutdown of Genkai nuclear plant

SAGA, Japan - Akira Hasegawa, former president of Saga University, holds a press conference in Saga city on Jan. 31, 2012, after a group of 1,704 people he leads sued the government and the operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture earlier in the day, demanding that all four reactors at the plant be halted. The 1,704 people from across Japan comprise the largest number of plaintiffs in a pending nuclear-related suit.

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Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono give a press conference at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2011. The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said they would seek to finish scrapping the four crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the next 30 to 40 years in a road map toward decommissioning.

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Pronuclear incumbent wins in Hokkaido mayoral election

IWANAI, Japan - Yuji Kamioka, the mayor of Iwanai town, Hokkaido, known as an advocate of restarting idled reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant, celebrates his reelection on Oct. 2, 2011, after seeing off the challenge of antinuclear candidate Miyuki Oishi. Kamioka secured a third four-year term after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant.

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Kyushu Electric president Manabe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe at a press conference at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2011. Kyushu Electric said the same day that its employee asked personnel at three Kyushu Electric offices and four subsidiaries to post online comments in favor of the resumption of the utility's two nuclear reactors for a local cable television program aimed at seeking support for the resumption.

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Quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at about 40 kilometers in distance shows four of the six reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 1:45 p.m. on March 18, 2011. Japan faces a crisis after the power plant accident which was damaged by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2008 file photo shows four reactors of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant's four reactors in the town of Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Around 3,000 residents around the plant were ordered to evacuate as the Japanese government declared a state of atomic power emergency on March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake that struck the area the same day.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (far left) orders officials from four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference at his ministry on April 20 after ordering four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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(4)4 dead, 7 injured in nuke plant steam leak accident

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji bows in apology at the outset of a press conference at the company's head office in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 9. Earlier in the day, four works died and seven others were injured after high-temperature steam leaked from one of the reactors at the company's Mihama Nuclear Plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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(1)4 dead, 7 injured in nuke plant steam leak accident

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Matsumura (R), managing director of Kansai Electric Power Co., briefs reporters about a steam leakage accident at the company's Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture at the company's head office in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 9. Four workers died and seven others were injured after high-temperature steam leaked from one of the reactors at the plant.

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Deal signed on N. Korea reactor project

SEOUL, South Korea - Desaix Anderson (L), executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and Choi Soo Byung (R), president of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), shake hands Dec. 15 after signing a turnkey contract to build two light-water reactors for North Korea. The signing ceremony at KEPCO's office in Seoul were witnessed by officials from the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU), the four KEDO board members.

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Nuclear reactor in Shimane prefecture passes safety screening: it sits in Japan’s sole nuclear plant in a prefectural capital

The Nuclear Regulation Authority held a regular meeting on Sept. 15 and decided to certify that safety measures taken at the No. 2 unit of Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the Shimane prefectural capital of Matsue meet Japan’s new regulatory standards, formally granting safety approval for a restart to the reactor. It is the 17th reactor in a total of 10 nuclear plants across the country cleared by the NRA. The No. 2 unit is a boiling water reactor, the same type as those installed at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is the fifth boiling water reactor among such reactors at four nuclear plants that have passed the NRA’s safety screenings. The Shimane nuclear plant is the only one located in a Japanese prefectural capital, raising concern about the evacuation of residents in case of an accident. ==Date: Sept. 11, 2021, Place: Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, JAPAN

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (far left) orders officials from four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference at his ministry on April 20 after ordering four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric restarts another reactor under post-Fukushima rules

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the four reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan. The power supplier restated the No. 4 reactor (top R) on Feb. 26, making it the fourth reactor reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pronuclear incumbent wins in Hokkaido mayoral election

IWANAI, Japan - Yuji Kamioka, the mayor of Iwanai town, Hokkaido, known as an advocate of restarting idled reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant, celebrates his reelection on Oct. 2, 2011, after seeing off the challenge of antinuclear candidate Miyuki Oishi. Kamioka secured a third four-year term after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Electric president Manabe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe at a press conference at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2011. Kyushu Electric said the same day that its employee asked personnel at three Kyushu Electric offices and four subsidiaries to post online comments in favor of the resumption of the utility's two nuclear reactors for a local cable television program aimed at seeking support for the resumption. (Kyodo)

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Quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at about 40 kilometers in distance shows four of the six reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 1:45 p.m. on March 18, 2011. Japan faces a crisis after the power plant accident which was damaged by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2008 file photo shows four reactors of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant's four reactors in the town of Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Around 3,000 residents around the plant were ordered to evacuate as the Japanese government declared a state of atomic power emergency on March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake that struck the area the same day. (Kyodo)

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Kuwait scraps nuclear power

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Osama Al-Sayegh, a research scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, speaks to reporters at the Kuwaiti government research body in Kuwait City on Feb. 21, 2012. He said Kuwait is no longer pursuing nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, scrapping a plan to build four reactors by 2022. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy. (Kyodo)

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Fresh suit filed over planned restart of 4 Kansai Electric reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Fukui District Court on Dec. 5, 2014, to file for an injunction order to suspend the planned restart of four nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. They are asking that the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Takahama plant and Nos. 3 and 4 units at the Oi plant, currently offline for safety screening by the nuclear regulator, not be restarted. (Kyodo)

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1,704 people seek shutdown of Genkai nuclear plant

SAGA, Japan - Akira Hasegawa, former president of Saga University, holds a press conference in Saga city on Jan. 31, 2012, after a group of 1,704 people he leads sued the government and the operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture earlier in the day, demanding that all four reactors at the plant be halted. The 1,704 people from across Japan comprise the largest number of plaintiffs in a pending nuclear-related suit. (Kyodo)

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Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono give a press conference at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2011. The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said they would seek to finish scrapping the four crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the next 30 to 40 years in a road map toward decommissioning. (Kyodo)

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

A Japan Coast Guard vessel patrols around Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17, 2017, when the utility will reactive the No. 4 reactor (R) there to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

A Japan Coast Guard vessel patrols around Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17, 2017, when the utility will reactive the No. 4 reactor there to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

Police officers stand guard in front of the gate of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17, 2017, when the utility will reactive the No. 4 reactor there to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

Police officers stand guard in front of the gate of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17, 2017, when the utility will reactive the No. 4 reactor there to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

Photo taken May 17, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The utility plans to reactive the unit later in the day to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

Photo taken May 17, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor (front on R) of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The utility plans to reactive the unit later in the day to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama No. 4 reactor to be reactivated

Photo taken May 17, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor (front) of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The utility plans to reactive the unit later in the day to bring the total number of online commercial nuclear reactors across Japan to four. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(4)4 dead, 7 injured in nuke plant steam leak accident

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji bows in apology at the outset of a press conference at the company's head office in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 9. Earlier in the day, four works died and seven others were injured after high-temperature steam leaked from one of the reactors at the company's Mihama Nuclear Plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)