Japanese Fast Reactor Found to Be on Active Fault

Japanese Fast Reactor Found to Be on Active Fault

The discovery and disclosure that Japan's Monju experimental fast breeder reactor is sitting atop an active seismic fault line may well represent the end of the road for that plant, which in turn could have wide reverberations. The reactor, which was meant to be powered eventually by plutonium recovered from conventional reactor fuel, was closed for 14 years after a fire in 1995. Then, a

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