Niigata villagers go to polls over nuclear fuel plan

Niigata villagers go to polls over nuclear fuel plan

KARIWA, Japan - A resident of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture casts his ballot in a voting May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a local nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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