Nuclear reactor is back in business
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From Times Wire Reports
Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co. said it restarted a nuclear reactor for commercial operation today for the first time since it was shut down after a fatal August 2004 accident.
The No. 3 reactor at Mihama Nuclear Power Plant had been shut down after a corroded pipe ruptured and sprayed plant workers with boiling water and steam.
Five were killed and six others injured, although no radiation was released.
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