Mayor Told 2 More Biz Interested in Spent N-Fuel Storage
Mutsu, Aomori Pref., Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--The mayor of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, was informed on Friday that Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. are interested in using an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the northeastern Japan city. Mayor Tomoya Yamamoto received the information at a meeting in Mutsu with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. Pr...
The mayor of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, received information on Friday that Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. are interested in using an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the northeastern Japanese city. The facility, operated by a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) and Japan Atomic Power Co., was initially set to store spent nuclear fuel from TEPCO and Japan Atomic Power reactors.
However, last December, TEPCO and Japan Atomic Power informed the Aomori and Mutsu governments that they hoped to collaborate with other businesses to accept fuel from them, as the two companies' fuel alone was insufficient to reach the planned final storage amount of 5,000 tons. Following Mayor Tomoya Yamamoto's approval of the project last month, Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. asked eight other power companies with nuclear power plants if they were interested in joining the initiative.
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