13 October, 2020
NUMO Accepts Suttsu’s Application for Literature Survey in Selecting HLW Final Disposal Site—First Since Release of Map of Scientific Features
On October 9, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) accepted an application from Suttsu Town in Hokkaido to undergo a literature survey as part of the process of selecting a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) final disposal site.
The literature survey is the first of three stages provided in the Designated Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Act, as follows: (1) a literature survey (lasting about two years), (2) a preliminary investigation (about four years), and (3) a detailed investigation (about fourteen years).
The survey will consist of desk research based on specific literature and data on the area, including geological maps and mineral resource maps. No actual on-site work (boring, etc.) will be involved.
Also, before the next stage (the preliminary investigation) commences, opinions will be solicited anew from the governor and the heads of relevant municipalities. If any of them object, the process will end.
Toyo Town in Kochi Prefecture had applied for a literature survey as far back as 2007, but sho...more
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4 September, 2020
Japan’s NRA Says RFS’s Recyclable-Fuel Storage Center Is Compatible with Regulatory Standards
At a regular meeting on September 2, the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan (NRA) issued a draft review report for the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Center, owned by the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company (RFS), saying that the facility was compatible with the new regulatory standards.
The report will be finalized after it is referred to the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and made open to the public for comments.
At the center, spent fuel generated at reactors of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) will be safely stored and managed in specially made steel containers (metal casks) until it is transported to the reprocessing facility at Rokkasho, in Aomori.
TEPCO and JAPC originally formed the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company (RFS) in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, and RFS started construction of the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Center in 2010. Three years later, in 2013, the fuel storage building—able to store 3,000 tons (a maximum of 288 metal casks)—was completed. T...more
