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2010 March 3 - 9 [ENVIRONMENT]

JCP calls for cancellation of‘Pluthermal’plan

March 8, 2010
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on March 7 called for the cancellation of a “pluthermal” power generation plan which the Tokyo Electric Power Company is promoting in Fukushima Prefecture.

The “pluthermal” plan intends to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at a nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture and Fukushima Governor Sato Yuhei has expressed his intention to accept it.

Describing the plan as “reckless and dangerous,” Shii said at a press conference in Fukushima, “With its low melting point, MOX fuel could lead to a meltdown or other severe accidents. The ‘pluthermal’ plan could also make control rods less effective.”

He stated that all nuclear fuel recycle systems must be withdrawn from Japan.
- Akahata, March 8, 2010

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