State to seek public support for MOX use, Koizumi says

State to seek public support for MOX use, Koizumi says

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions May 28 during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session. He stressed the need for the state to get the public to support nuclear energy following the rejection of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture in a local plebiscite May 27.

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