Contents

• At present, there are 51 commercial nuclear reactors
• Japan has adopted a nuclear fuel cycle policy
• MOX utilization offers many advantages
• Nuclear power generation and MOX utilization offer Japan
• MOX fuel contains significant energy potential
• As Japan does not yet possess a domestic commercial reprocessing plant
• MOX fuel is made with plutonium oxide and uranium oxide
• The recovered plutonium will be fabricated into MOX fuel
• A commercial reprocessing plant is being constructed
• On February 4, 1997, the Japanese Government's Cabinet Consent
• Already the two largest Japanese electric utilities
• A comparison of power generation costs
• The recovered plutonium will be fabricated into MOX fuel
• Japan has adopted a national policy