MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - Protesters mount a rally in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on June 30, 2010, after the vessel Pacific Heron, which is believed to be carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel, docks at a Kansai Electric Power Co. plant. The banner reads, ''Stop pluthermal.''

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