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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant: experts

Quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant: experts

Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2012
Japan's only reprocessing plant for spent nuclear fuel could sit on an active seismic fault vulnerable to a massive earthquake, experts warned Wednesday. If regulators agree they will have to order its closure and Japan would be without any recycling capacity of its own, a government official told AFP on condition of anonymity. This would leave it dependent on other countries and with nohttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Quake_risk_at_Japan_atomic_recycling_plant_experts_999.html

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