Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Toshio Okazaki (L), chief of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and Kazuo Mukai, head of the agency's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor, shake hands wrapping up a press conference in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension.

ITER-related research launched in Rokkasho, Aomori

ITER-related research launched in Rokkasho, Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Toshio Okazaki, president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, speaking at a news conference in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture on July 3, after a facility to conduct research related to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor started operations in the village earlier in the day. Japan, the United States, the European Union, Russia, China, South Korea and India agreed in 2006 to build the world's first thermonuclear reactor in France, with Japan building two ITER-related facilities.

ITER-related research launched in Rokkasho, Aomori

ITER-related research launched in Rokkasho, Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Toshio Okazaki, president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, speaking at a news conference in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture on July 3, after a facility to conduct research related to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor started operations in the village earlier in the day. Japan, the United States, the European Union, Russia, China, South Korea and India agreed in 2006 to build the world's first thermonuclear reactor in France, with Japan building two ITER-related facilities. (Kyodo)

Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Toshio Okazaki (L), chief of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and Kazuo Mukai, head of the agency's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor, shake hands wrapping up a press conference in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension. (Kyodo)