- 16 March, 2018 FEPC Adheres to Policy of MOX Fuel Use at 16 to 18 NPPs
- 12 December, 2017 JAEA Officially Classifies Monju Fast Reactor as “Closed Down”
- 6 October, 2017 JAEC Explains Japan’s Utilization of Plutonium to the Country and the World
- 25 September, 2017 MOX Fuel Arrives at Kansai EP’s Takahama-4 NPP
- 7 August, 2017 Japan’s Total Plutonium Holdings Decrease Thanks to NPP Restarts
- 16 June, 2017 Japanese Government’s Monju Decommissioning Team Decides to Transfer Spent Fuel out of Fukui Prefecture
- 8 June, 2017 Fukui Governor Accepts Monju Decommissioning: Spent Nuclear Fuel to Leave Prefecture
- 22 December, 2016 Ministers Decide to Decommission Monju over Three Decades, Requiring USD3.2 billion
- 19 December, 2016 National Government Says “Monju” to be Decommissioned; Prefecture Reacts Angrily
- 7 December, 2016 METI Conference on Fast Reactor Development: Main Points in Policy Toward Issuing “Strategic Roadmap”
- 30 November, 2016 Fukui Governor Exchanges Views on FBR Monju with METI and MEXT Ministers
- 16 November, 2016 Spent Fuel Reprocessing Organization Commissions Reprocessing Activities to JNFL
- 1 November, 2016 METI Conference on Fast Reactor Development: Experience with Joyo and Monju Useful for Development of Future Demonstration Reactors
- 13 October, 2016 Meeting: Head of METI Confirms Importance of Fast Reactor Development
- 27 September, 2016 IAEA GC: Japanese Representative Emphasizes Promotion of MOX Fuel Use