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

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

Kenji Kudo, president of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., announces at a press conference in Aomori, northern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2015, that completion of a nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant in Rokkasho 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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