Tokaimura nuclear fuel reprocessing plant reopens

Tokaimura nuclear fuel reprocessing plant reopens

MITO, Japan - Photo shows the chief of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, giving instructions to its employees on Nov. 20. The plant, which was closed after a fire and explosion in March 1997, resumed operations earlier in the day. Workers at the plant of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute began reprocessing uranium solution taken from a fuel plant of JCO Co., also in Tokaimura.

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