Rokkasho
Rokkasho
Japan Program for Reuse of Nuclear MOX Fuel in Doubt

The Japanese government has pushed for the reuse of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in the country’s nuclear reactors, but utilities that finance the reprocessing have not funded those operations since fiscal…
Japan OKs Restart of First Two Nuclear Units, New Delay at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant

Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s twin Sendai nuclear units in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 7 got the government's green light to restart. Once back online, likely in 2015, the units will…