MOX fuel is produced by mixing uranium with plutonium extracted from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel to enable its reuse.

Kansai Electric Power Co. will build a new nuclear power plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, the company announced on July 22. The new plant will have a next-generation advanced light water reactor, an ...

Growing demand for electricity, including to power the increased use of AI, is spurring on restarts of Japan’s nuclear power plants. On October 29, 2024, Tōhoku Electric Power Company brought the ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. is mulling whether to become the first utility to construct a new reactor since the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. It is moving to hold ...

The completion of Japan Nuclear Fuel's nuclear-fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, which has been postponed numerous times, could be achieved next year, the company ...