Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from L) addresses a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2016, during which the government decided to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning Monju fast-breeder reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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