Spent nuke fuel taken aboard ship in Fukushima Pref.

Spent nuke fuel taken aboard ship in Fukushima Pref.

TOMIOKA, Japan - About 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel are taken aboard the 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 17 to be carried to Aomori Prefecture to be reprocessed in the first shipment of its kind in Japan. The ship picked up the spent nuclear fuel stored in a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 2 plant. The ship will carry a total of 24 tons of such fuel to Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, where the cargo will be off-loaded to await reprocessing.

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