Fishermen rally against MOX fuel project at Genkai nuke plant

Fishermen rally against MOX fuel project at Genkai nuke plant

GENKAI, Japan - Some 170 fishing boats sail near Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Gengaki nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture on Sept. 15 to protest against the company's plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel in a reactor at the plant.

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