Protesters greet spent nuclear fuel in Rokkasho

Protesters greet spent nuclear fuel in Rokkasho

About 100 protesters show their anger over the arrival of a vessel carrying the first shipment of spent nuclear fuel intended for treatment at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant Friday Oct. 2 in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The Rokuei Maru arrived at the port in northern Japan with 8 tons of spent nuclear fuel from a power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture.

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