Where Is Reprocessing Plant?

The expected completion of the reprocessing plant at Rokkasho in Japan's Aomori Prefecture has been put back again, to the first-half of FY2022 (ending March 2023), owing to the implementation of safety measures at the plant, including construction of a new cooling tower, Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) has announced ...

What countries reprocess nuclear fuel?

Several European countries, Russia, China and Japan have policies to reprocess used nuclear fuel, although government policies in many other countries have not yet come round to seeing used fuel as a resource rather than a waste.

Why is nuclear reprocessing illegal in the US?

A major obstacle to nuclear fuel recycling in the United States has been the perception that it's not cost-effective and that it could lead to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. ... As a result, France today generates 80 percent of its electricity needs with nuclear power, much of it generated through recycling.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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