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Technology › 1st pluthermal power generation to start at Genkai plant

Japan's first plutonium-thermal power generation will effectively start Thursday at Kyushu Electric Power Co's Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, as the utility firm… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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