Tepco's Plan to Use Recycled Nuclear Fuel Rejected, Nikkei Says

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Tepco's Plan to Use Recycled Nuclear Fuel Rejected, Nikkei Says
  
Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. will have its 
plan to feed its nuclear power plants with recycled fuel blocked by 
Fukushima Prefecture, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said, citing the 
prefecture's governor. 

Eisaku Sato said he'll reject the plan as the decision by Japan's 
biggest power company to freeze construction of thermal power 
generators in Fukushima, north-east of Tokyo, has nurtured a sense of 
distrust among local residents, according to the paper. 

Fukushima hosts two of Tepco's three nuclear power plants. The 
company aimed to start using the recycled fuel at one of them as 
early as April. Tepco President Nobuya Minami said the company will 
continue to do its utmost to win local support, according to the 
paper. 

Rejection of the plan could cause other local governments to follow 
suit, threatening Japan's national policy to promote the use and 
recycling of spent nuclear fuel at home, the paper said.

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