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Article: Aomori, Japan-area nuclear plant reaches safety pact to start uranium tests.
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- Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan)
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- November 22, 2004
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Nov. 22--AOMORI, Japan -- The operator of the new Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture concluded a safety agreement with the local and prefectural governments on Monday and is expected to begin experiments using uranium possibly by year-end, officials of the local governments said.
The agreement was reached after a government panel reviewing Japan's long-term nuclear energy plan said in a recent report that Japan will stick to the current policy of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rather than burying it, effectively giving the green light for the plan to begin operations at the Rokkasho plant.
The agreement was reached among the ...