AOMORI/TOKYO -- A nuclear power plant in northern Japan designed to use recycled fuel has been pushed back by two years and will not start operation until at least 2026, marking a major setback for the country's commitment to drawing down its plutonium stockpile.
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A fuel rod is inserted into the reactor vessel inside the No. 1 reactor at Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.
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