Back to 2006 listTransport of Spent Nuclear Fuel Completed
October 20, 2006
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited
Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd.
Transportation of spent nuclear fuel to Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.'s spent fuel receiving and storage facility was completed today, as described below.
Details
1.Transportation schedule
(1) Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station, Port of Omaezaki, Chubu Electric's private quay
Vessel arrives at quay: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 7:15 AM
Land transport begins: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 8:45 AM
Land transport complete: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 9:23 AM
Shipping container loading begins: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 10:19 AM
Shipping container loading complete: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2:06 PM
Vessel departs: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 4:10 PM
(2) Port of Mutsu-Ogawara spent fuel receiving and storage facility
(Day 1)
Vessel arrives at quay: Thursday, October 19, 12:35 PM
(Day 2)
Shipping container unloading begins: Friday, Oct. 20, 9:12 AM
Shipping container unloading complete: Friday, Oct. 20, 11:34 AM
Ground transportation begins: Friday, Oct. 20, 11:40 AM
Ground transportation complete (arrival at receiving facility): Friday, Oct. 20, 2:20 PM
2. Name of vessel:
Rokuei Maru
3. Shipping facility name:
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station
4. Receiving facility name:
Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd., spent fuel receiving and storage facility
5. Number shipped:
Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station BWR fuel assemblies, 122 units, approx. 21 tons U
(shipping containers: NFT-22B (five units), NFT-12B (one unit))
(Reference)
- Amount received so far, including this shipment: 8,852 units, approx. 1,996 tons U
(BWR fuel: 7,032 units, approx. 1,222 tons U)
(PWR fuel: 1,820 units, approx. 774 tons U) - Amount scheduled to be received this fiscal year: 2,444 units, approx. 557 tons U
(BWR fuel: 1,936 units, approx. 334 tons U)
(PWR fuel: 508 units, approx. 223 tons U)
(Note: total tons U received are rounded numbers)
(Explanation)
Overview of Spent Fuel Transportation
Chubu Electric has shipped spent nuclear fuel from its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station to a spent fuel receiving and storage facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. based on a reprocessing contract with that company.
There have been seven shipments of spent fuel to the Japan Nuclear Fuel spent fuel receiving and storage facility, including the recent shipment.
About the recently shipped spent fuel
The 122 spent fuel assemblies recently shipped include the fuel types "new 8×8 zirconium liner fuel" and "high combustion 8×8 zirconium liner fuel" used at Hamaoka No. 1 between July 1989 and March 1999.
Spent fuel shipping history
Shipments of spent fuel from Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station have taken place a total of 62 times, including the recent shipment, since the March 1980 shipment to the Tokai Reprocessing Plant of the former Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (now the Tokai Research and Development Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency). Details about each facility from which spent fuel was shipped are as in the table below.
| Facility name | Tokai R&D Center | Japan Nuclear Fuel Rokkasho | England | France | Total | |
| No. 1 | No. of times | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| Units | 341 | 122 | 588 | 595 | 1,646 | |
| No. 2 | No. of times | 5 | -- | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| Units | 170 | -- | 294 | 1,496 | 1,960 | |
| No. 3 | No. of times | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | 6 |
| Units | 34 | 680 | -- | -- | 714 | |
| No. 4 | No. of times | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 |
| Units | -- | 312 | -- | -- | 312 | |
| No. 5 | No. of times | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 |
| Units | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Total (note) |
No. of times | 16 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 65 (62) |
| Units | 545 | 1,114 | 882 | 2,091 | 4,632 | |
(Note)
The total includes a simultaneous shipment of units from No. 1 and 2 to England, a simultaneous shipment from No. 1 to England and France, and a simultaneous shipment from No. 3 and 4 to Japan Nuclear Fuel, bringing the actual total of shipments from Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station to 62 (the number in parentheses).
Overview of shipping containers used for shipment
| Model | Total shipped weight (of which, weight of shipping containers) |
Length | Diameter | Units of fuel contained |
| NFT-22B | Up to 97.4 tons (up to 88.0 tons) |
Approx. 6.3m | Approx. 2.6m | 22 |
| NFT-12B | Up to 73.4 tons (up to 67.8 tons) |
Approx. 6.4m | Approx. 2.3m | 12 |
Shipping containers were designed to pose no problem even under severe conditions, including falling from a height of nine meters or being exposed to 800°C for 30 minutes.
Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. is the owner of the NFT shipping containers.
Overview of shipping vessel used for recent shipment
| Vessel | Rokuei Maru |
| Length | Approx. 100m |
| Width | Approx. 16.5m |
| Payload | Approx. 3,000 tons |
| Shipping container capacity of vessel | Max. 20 containers |
Nuclear Fuel Shipping Company, Ltd. is the owner of the Rokuei Maru.
Spent fuel assemblies stored from spent fuel pool
As of August 31, 2006
| Reactor | Equipment capacity(units) | Number of fuel assemblies now in reactor | Maximum storage capacity (units) | Number in storage (units) |
| No. 1 | 740 | 368 | 372 | 356 |
| No. 2 | 1,820 | 560 | 1,260 | 934 |
| No. 3 | 3,134 | 764 | 2,370 | 1,874 |
| No. 4 | 3,120 | 764 | 2,356 | 1,463 |
| No. 5 | 3,696 | 872 | 2,824 | 0 |
The volume of spent fuel in storage in the table above includes the spent fuel assemblies of the recent shipment (122 fuel assemblies from Reactor 1).
Future shipping plans
As announced on March 31 of this year, with this shipment, Chubu Electric is finished shipping spent fuel in FY2006.
We are currently coordinating with parties concerned regarding specific shipping plans for FY2007.
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