(2)Rokkasho plant reaches safety accord to start uranium tests

(2)Rokkasho plant reaches safety accord to start uranium tests

AOMORI, Japan - Civic group members protest in Aomori on Nov. 22 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., the operator of the new Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture, concluded a safety agreement with the local and prefectural governments the same day. The operator is expected to begin experiments using uranium possibly by the end of the year.

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