Nuclear fuel cycle: Nuclear fuel cycle exceeds 22 trillion yen; project costs continue to rise since 2006

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Nuclear fuel cycle: Nuclear fuel cycle exceeds 22 trillion yen; project costs continue to rise since 2006

The Mainichi Shimbun has learned that the cost of the "nuclear fuel cycle" to recycle spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants is expected to exceed at least 22 trillion yen from 2006 onwards. Most of that cost is for the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (Aomori Prefecture), which has yet to be completed 32 years after construction began. Japan Nuclear Fuel, which is responsible for the project, has set completion date for the plant in fiscal 202…