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Launch of Rokkasho plant delayed

By Pavel Podvig on February 11, 2009 9:29 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks

Completion of Japan's Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is delayed until at least August 2009. The plant originally was supposed to begin operations in mid-2007.

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Another delay for Rokkasho reprocessing plant from Fissile material on September 1, 2010 2:38 PM

According to a Kyodo News report, start of the reprocessing plant in Rokkasho will be delayed by at least two years by the plant operator, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. AtomInfo.ru estimates that this is the 18th delay for Rokkasho. The plan... Read More

Another malfunction at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant from Fissile material on January 31, 2012 4:36 PM

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) announced that it halted the preparatory work for a test run of the spent fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho. The problem was caused by a malfunction of a furnace that is involved in the radioactive... Read More

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