Japan abandons Monju fast reactor: the slow death of a nuclear dream

The Ecologist
Oct 6, 2016, 8:20 am137 pts
'Fast breeder' reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future, writes Jim Green. But all the evidence tells us they are a catastrophic failure: complex, expensive, unreliable and accident-prone. Is Japan's decision to abandon its Monju reactor the latest nail in…

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