Japan inaugurates new body for nuclear fuel reprocessing

Japan inaugurates new body for nuclear fuel reprocessing

Shigeru Inoue, head of the newly established Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan, speaks to reporters in front of its head office in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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