{"id":1547,"date":"2015-10-21T03:10:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T02:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2015-10-29T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T00:35:08","slug":"group-of-power-companies-to-draw-up-measures-to-deal-with-spent-nuclear-fuel-in-line-with-governments-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/news\/1547","title":{"rendered":"Group of Power Companies to Draw Up Measures to Deal With Spent Nuclear Fuel in Line with Government\u2019s Action Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given the excessively long amount of time spent on resolving the issue of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) final disposal, the government\u2019s action plan<\/a> recognizes the urgency to expand the capacity for storing the spent fuel produced by the country\u2019s nuclear power plants (NPPs).<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s action plan describes several specific measures for disposing spent nuclear fuel. First, a council is to be set up consisting of the government and nuclear plant operators. Next, nuclear plant operators will be asked to formulate plans to promote spent nuclear fuel measures. Third, regional measures will be strengthened for spent nuclear fuel, including a review of the grant system. Also, efforts to enhance public understanding on measures for spent nuclear fuel will be implemented. Finally, activities will be carried out related to the nuclear fuel cycle at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and the Mutsu Interim Storage Facility in Aomori Prefecture.<\/p>\n

FEPC\u2019s Yagi said that the country\u2019s power companies needed to construct and use new facilities for intermediate and dry storage, based on the amount of spent fuel stored by each nuclear operator, while they considered various measures to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given the excessively long amount of time spent on resolving the issue of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) final disposal, the government\u2019s action plan recognizes the urgency to expand the capacity for storing the spent fuel produced by the country\u2019s nuclear power plants (NPPs). The government\u2019s action plan describes several specific measures for disposing spent nuclear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[33,73,130,50,32,40,51,137,125,75],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-policies","tag-anre","tag-fepc","tag-geological-disposal","tag-hlw","tag-meti","tag-mutsu","tag-numo","tag-rokkasho","tag-spent-fuel","tag-yagi"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t