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The plant was to be the first commercial power reactor capable of operating solely on plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, which is made from reprocessed plutonium and uranium.
Jaif reported that Nozaki Naofumi, mayor of Ohma Town, said the region had been “impoverished” by the suspension of the plant’s construction in the wake of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station.
He asked the government to take “trenchant measures” to restart construction of the plant “as soon as possible.”
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 11 February 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/community-leaders-urge-government-to-back-plans-for-ohma-nuclear-plant-2-5-2023
Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company Ltd (RFS) now expects its interim used fuel storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, to begin operating in fiscal year 2023 (ending March 2024). Following several previous delays, the facility - construction of which began in 2010 - had been scheduled to start up later this year. However, the construction of additional safety measures is taking longer than expected.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Start-up-of-Japanese-used-fuel-store-delayed
Los Alamos National Laboratory will assist Toshiba in developing a muon tracker for use helping decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 07 July 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslanl-muon-tracker-to-help-at-fukushima-4311776