TOKYO (Kyodo) — Science minister Yoshiaki Takaki indicated Friday that the government will consider suspending the development of the prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in the wake of the country’s worst nuclear crisis that continues at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Whether to halt development of the advanced power reactor is "one issue" to be determined when Tokyo comes to review its nuclear energy policy, Takaki said at a regular press conference.
"The accident (at the Fukushima (…)