(2)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

(2)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

AOMORI, Japan - Depleted uranium is unloaded at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. began moving it into a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village in preparation for a test operation starting Dec. 21. The test run is aimed at checking various operations and equipment performance prior to an ''active test'' using spent nuclear fuel, company officials said.

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