Press Release
Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel Completed
February 17, 2012
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.
Transportation of spent nuclear fuel to Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited's spent fuel receiving and storage facility was completed today, as described below.
Details
1.Transportation schedule
(1) Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station
Vessel arrives at quay: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 8:30
Land transport begins: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 9:20
Land transport complete: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 10:00
Shipping container loading begins: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 11:38
Shipping container loading complete: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 13:15
Vessel departs: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 15:30
(2) Spent fuel receiving and storage facility
(Day 1)
Vessel arrives at quay: Thursday, Feb. 16, 12:55
(Day 2)
Shipping container unloading begins: Friday, Feb. 17, 10:33
Shipping container unloading complete: Friday, Feb. 17, 11:28
Land transport begins: Friday, Feb. 17, 13:10
Land transport complete (arrival at receiving facility): Friday, Feb. 17, 14:02
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 Limited, spent fuel receiving and storage facility
5.Number shipped
BWR fuel assemblies 50 units, approx. 9 tons U
(shipping containers: NFT-38B (one unit), NFT-12B (one
unit))
Explanation
Explanation1
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 Limited based on a reprocessing contract with that company.
About the recently shipped spent fuel
The 50 spent fuel assemblies recently shipped include the fuel type "high combustion 8×8 fuel" used at Hamaoka No. 3 between March 1999 and June 2009.
Overview of shipping containers used for shipment
Model |
Total shipped weight(of which, weight of shipping containers) |
Length |
Diameter |
Units of fuel contained |
---|---|---|---|---|
NFT-38B |
Up to 119.0 tons |
Approx. 6.4m |
Approx. 2.6m |
38 |
NFT-12B |
Up to 73.4 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 |
Length |
Width |
Dead-weight capacity |
Shipping container capacity of vessel |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rokuei Maru |
Approx. 100m |
Approx. 16.5m |
Approx. 3,000 tons |
Max. 20 containers |
Nuclear Fuel Shipping Company, Ltd. is the owner of the Rokuei Maru.
Future shipping plans
As announced on October 26, 2011, with this shipment, Chubu Electric is finished shipping spent fuel in FY2011.
We will coordinate with parties concerned to formulate specific shipping plans for FY2012.