Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

ROKKASHO, Japan - A container carrying spent nuclear fuel is unloaded at Mutsuogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on June 3. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.'s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant resumed accepting spent nuclear fuel the same day for the first time in about 19 months.

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