Press Release Back Number(2006)

New fuel shipment arrives for Reactor No.3 at Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station

February 2, 2006
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station

A new fuel shipment for Reactor No. 3 (a boiling water reactor with electrical output of 1.1 million kilowatts) has been received at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station, as described below.


1. Date of shipment:

Wednesday, February 1, 2006


2. Route of shipment:

From Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. (Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki) to the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station


3. Quantity shipped:

116 new uranium fuel assemblies (packed in 58 shipping containers)(9 * 9 fuel [type B])


4. Shipping method:

Shipped by ground transport (on 10 trucks)