Operator submits 30-yr plan to scrap trouble-prone Monju reactor

Hajime Ito, an executive director of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, which operates the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2017 after submitting a plan to the Nuclear Regulation Authority to decommission the trouble-plagued facility over the next 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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