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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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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999.

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999.

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - A container loaded with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel, is unloaded from the Pacific Heron, at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010.

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - People opposed to ''pluthermal'' power generation on safety grounds stage a protest outside Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010, as the Pacific Heron (back), a transport ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel from France for Japanese power reactors, arrives at the plant.

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - The Pacific Heron, a transport ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel from France for Japanese power reactors, arrives at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010. A French radio station said the ship was loaded with 15 tons of uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel, apparently containing around 1.3 tons of plutonium, when it left France in April.

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Recycled nuke fuel unloaded in Japan for 1st pluthermal generation

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Recycled nuclear fuel in a special container, is unloaded from the Pacific Heron at a port near Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The ship arrived at the port earlier in the day from France with the fuel for the planned start of Japan's plutonium-thermal power generation in the fall.

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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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Recycled nuke fuel unloaded in Japan for 1st pluthermal generatio

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Recycled nuclear fuel in a special container, is unloaded from the Pacific Heron at a port near Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The ship arrived at the port earlier in the day from France with the fuel for the planned start of Japan's plutonium-thermal power generation in the fall. (Kyodo)

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Recycled nuke fuel arrives in Japan for 1st pluthermal generatio

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. (Kyodo)

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999. (Kyodo)

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999. (Kyodo)

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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.'' (Kyodo)

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - People opposed to ''pluthermal'' power generation on safety grounds stage a protest outside Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010, as the Pacific Heron (back), a transport ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel from France for Japanese power reactors, arrives at the plant. (Kyodo)

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - The Pacific Heron, a transport ship carrying recycled nuclear fuel from France for Japanese power reactors, arrives at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010. A French radio station said the ship was loaded with 15 tons of uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel, apparently containing around 1.3 tons of plutonium, when it left France in April. (Kyodo)

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Ship carrying nuclear fuel from France arrives in Japan

SAGA, Japan - A container loaded with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel, is unloaded from the Pacific Heron, at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture on June 28, 2010. (Kyodo)