16 November, 2016

Noriyuki Ishii

Spent Fuel Reprocessing Organization Commissions Reprocessing Activities to JNFL

On November 15, the Spent Fuel Reprocessing Organization concluded an agreement with Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL), in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, commissioning spent fuel reprocessing activities to JNFL. JNFL will continue to reprocess spent fuel from nuclear power plants.

The organization is the duly authorized juridical entity established in October. It also commissioned JNFL to receive and manage storage of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) to be returned from France. The organization plans also to entrust production of MOX fuel to JNFL prior to the first half of fiscal 2019, when JNFL’s MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant (J-MOX) will be completed.

In a comment, JNFL President Kenji Kudo said: “The company will continue to ensure safety and do its utmost toward establishing the nuclear fuel cycle business.”