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19 Août 2015
August 19, 2015
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
Aug. 19, 2015 - Updated 11:03 UTC+2
Japan's nuclear regulators have ordered the Japan Atomic Energy Agency not to produce or test nuclear fuel before clearing screening and inspections.
The agency's facility in Tokai Village, north of Tokyo, has government permission to use nuclear fuel but not to process it, despite having applied to do so in 2004.
On Wednesday, the agency told the Nuclear Regulation Authority that it test-produced mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel at the facility last month. The fuel is a combination of uranium and plutonium reprocessed from spent nuclear fuel.
The agency said it thought that since the production was done experimentally, permission for usage was enough.
Regulators ordered the agency to immediately apply for screening, and said processing permission is needed to produce and test MOX fuel.
The agency said it will respond appropriately to the order.
Meanwhile, the authority's secretariat has admitted to failing to point out the need for processing permission despite being notified in advance of the agency's test plan.
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