TOKYO -- Japan is laying out plans to reduce its plutonium stockpile in response to international pressure, but the move would force difficult decisions regarding a power industry built around the nuclear fuel cycle.
Economy
Reducing Japan's plutonium stockpile easier said than done
Plan prompted by US pressure would squeeze power companies invested in fuel cycle
Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai nuclear power plant is one of the few now operating in Japan that can use mixed-oxide fuel, which includes plutonium.
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