Ship loaded with spent nuclear fuel leaves for Rokkasho

Ship loaded with spent nuclear fuel leaves for Rokkasho

A ship loaded with spent nuclear fuel from a nuclear power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, leaves Thursday Oct. 1 for a treatment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The 8 tons of spent nuclear fuel will be the first to arrive at the Rokkasho reprocessing facility in northeastern Japan since an agreement between the government of Aomori Prefecture, the village of Rokkasho, and facility operator Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. was finalized in late July.

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