Town to hold plebiscite over plant's MOX fuel use

Town to hold plebiscite over plant's MOX fuel use

KARIWA, Japan - Municipal workers in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, post notices explaining a plebiscite over a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a local nuclear power plant. The result of the May 27 vote, in which residents will be asked whether they approve of the plan, may significantly affect power companies and the central government's nuclear power policy.

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