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

OSAKA -- Kansai Electric Power will begin geological surveys for a next-generation nuclear power plant at its Mihama facility in western Japan, Nikkei has learned, moving toward building the nation's ...

After more than a decade of inactivity, Japan’s biggest nuclear power plant is ready to restart — but it faces an indefinite wait. The Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant on the country’s western coast ...