The troubled Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor made headlines again when the Nuclear Regulation Authority said it apparently plans to ensure the facility remains idled after announcing that the ...

AB Party General Secretary Mojibur Rahman Monju has said that the names of individuals who sought refuge in military cantonments should be disclosed to the public for transparency. He expressed this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this aerial photo taken in Jan. 2016, the fast-breeder reactor Monju stands in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of ...

KYOTO – In February 1983, Mayor Koichi Takagi of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, spoke to residents in the town of Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture, who were hoping the town would be chosen as the site for a new ...

The government's decision to consider decommissioning the trouble-plagued Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, because the state can no longer shoulder the heavy financial burden, will inevitably ...

The Japanese government has made the formal decision that the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor will not be restarted and steps will be taken to decommission it. However, the government also said ...

The Monju fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture is seen in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi) The government has calculated it will face about 600 billion yen in ...

Japan's Monju fast breeder reactor should return to service this year, with fresh plutonium fuel replacing its initial core load. Japan's Monju fast breeder reactor should return to service this year, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan formally approved a plan Wednesday to scrap an experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor that drained government finances for decades without living up to hopes it would be a savior ...