Genkai town assembly OKs Kyushu Electric's MOX reactor plan

Genkai town assembly OKs Kyushu Electric's MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Tsukasa Terada, mayor of the northern Kyushu town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference after the town assembly adopted a statement Feb. 17 calling on the municipal government to accept Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s offer to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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