Katsuta, Tadahiro; Suzuki, Tatsujiro - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 11, pp. 6827-6841
Japan's commitment to plutonium recycling has been explicitly stated in its long-term program since 1956. Despite the clear cost disadvantage compared with direct disposal or storage of spent fuel, the Rokkasho reprocessing plant started active testing in 2006. Japan's cumulative consumption of...