Recycled nuke fuel arrives in Japan for 1st pluthermal generation

Recycled nuke fuel arrives in Japan for 1st pluthermal generation

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The Pacific Heron, carrying recycled nuclear fuel, arrived May 18 at a port near Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The ship came from France for the planned start of Japan's plutonium-thermal power generation in the fall.

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