Dream Reactor: Chain Reaction and Fukui Prefecture

dream reactor: But its complex fast breeder reactor technology has been plagued with problems that have left it idle for more than a decade, according to Global Times China. It has also been a financial black hole since construction began in 1986, given its initial 1 trillion yen 8.5 billion construction cost and daily operating costs of 50 million yen, even while shut down. Once touted as a dream reactor, the Monju facility was designed to generate more fuel than it consumes via nuclear chain reaction, an attractive alternative in a country with few natural resources. The government will not restart Monju as a nuclear reactor and will take steps to decommission it, science minister Hirokazu Matsuno told the governor of western Japan's Fukui prefecture where it is located. I don't think there were sufficient deliberations, Nishikawa said. Fukui governor Issei Nishikawa, who was informed by Matsuno and industry minister Hiroshige Seko at a meeting, criticized the decision as fast and sloppy. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.