TOKYO -- Supplies of uranium, used to fire nuclear power plants, are becoming increasingly plentiful globally, threatening to make redundant Japan's long-standing policy of recycling spent nuclear fuel.
Economy
Japan's nuclear recycling policy runs aground
End of fast reactor project and uranium glut raise doubts over fuel reprocessing
The Japanese government decided in 2016 to shut down the Monju fast breeder reactor in western Japan for good, following a string of financial and technical problems.
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