MONJU REACTOR RESTARTED – AFTER 14 YEAR BREAK
May 1st, 2010
BY JULIAN RYALL
FOURTEEN years and five months after it was shut down in the wake of an accident, Japan's Monju fast-breeder reactor resumed operations today (Thursday May 6).
After receiving final confirmation from the local and national governments that the controversial plant could be restarted, control rods were removed from the reactor, a process that was completed at 10.36 am Japan time, according to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).
"The procedures all went according to plan and this is the final step in a process that has focused strongly on ...
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