Japan to start using MOX fuel at nuclear plant

Japan to start using MOX fuel at nuclear plant

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yoshihisa Akiyama (L) speaks at a news conference June 17 after obtaining the go-ahead from the Fukui prefectural government for his company's plan to burn mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, a combination of uranium and plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel, at its Takahama nuclear power plant. It will be Japan's first nuclear power station to do so in line with the government's policy of promoting the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.

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