Japan's 1st MOX plant

Japan's 1st MOX plant

AOMORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. Executive Vice President Koichi Ikeda (R) orders a loading shovel to start operations during a groundbreaking ceremony for Japan's first commercial plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel, an integral part of the nation's nuclear fuel cycle policy, in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2010.

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