Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Yasushi Furukawa, governor of Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the prefectural government office in the city of Saga on March 26 after accepting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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