Japan decides to scrap trouble-plagued Monju prototype reactor

Kazumi Aoto, head of the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Tsuruga, addresses workers on Dec. 22, 2016, after the government decided the previous day to decommission the reactor, which has barely operated over the past two decades despite its envisioned key role in the country's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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