By Tatsujiro Suzuki | December 26, 2023, https://thebulletin.org/2023/12/rokkasho-redux-japans-never-ending-reprocessing-saga/ The policy seeks to at least begin to deal with the huge stocks of plutonium Japan has amassed According to a recent Reuters report, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) still hopes to finish construction of Japan’s long-delayed Rokkasho reprocessing plant in the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (i.e.…
The Rokkasho reprocessing plant which would reprocess spent fuel from Japanese nuclear power plants, separating plutonium for use as reactor fuel is already more than 25 years behind schedule. There are reasons to wonder whether the plant will ever operate.
Indonesia is often highlighted as one of the countries that produce the second largest plastic waste in the world and is also a country that is considered to have poor handling of its waste.
Leaders from Brazil and US met three times in São Paulo, Brasilia, and Washington DC, to align on subjects like combatting climate crisis, emerging contaminants, substances wastes, and ending deforestation, promoting sustainable development, and enabling energy transition.
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