Spent fuel emerges as weak point in Japan’s nuclear renaissance

Country's sole planned reprocessing plant is nearly 30 years behind schedule France's La Hague reprocessing plant suspends spent fuel in a deep pool for five to seven years to reduce radiation. (Photo by Yuya Kakegawa) OSAKA/TOKYO — As Japan begins to restart and build new nuclear power plants, its ability to recycle spent nuclear fuel has emerged as a major challenge, with one power company planning to send fuel to France while a planned domestic processing plant stares down its 28th scheduling revision.

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