The Japan Atomic Energy Agency suspended a final exercise in preparation for the removal of nuclear fuel assemblies from its Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, which is in the process of being decommissioned, only hours after it was started on Sunday morning.
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency suspended a final exercise in preparation for the removal of nuclear fuel assemblies from its Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, which is in the process of being decommissioned, only hours after it was started on Sunday morning.
In the final exercise, control rods used instead of real fuel assemblies will be removed from a container filled with sodium, a coolant. They will be then packed in cans after the sodium is rinsed off, and transported to a water-filled pool.
