New fast-breeder reactor to replace prototype Monju

The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has decided to build a new fast-breeder reactor by around 2030, a plan that will cost about 1 trillion yen.

The new reactor will replace the prototype Monju fast-breeder reactor, which has been out of operation for the past decade following a sodium leak accident in 1995 and has come under criticism over safety issues and its price tag of 800 billion yen.