TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government decided Wednesday to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning Monju fast-breeder reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy.
"Regarding the Monju project, we will fundamentally review it by the end of the year, including (the option of) scrapping it," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said during a meeting of ministers concerned, referring to the costly and trouble-prone reactor in Fukui Prefecture.