Completion of nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant to be delayed by 2 years

Completion of nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant to be delayed by 2 years

Rokkasho village mayor Mamoru Toda (R) receives notification from Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Senior Executive Vice President Junichi Ishihara in Rokkasho on Nov. 16, 2015, that completion of a nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant in the northeastern Japanese village will be postponed by about two years until the first half of the fiscal year beginning April 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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