Press Release Concerning the Completion of the Thirteenth Return Shipment of Vitrified Waste to Japan
March
9,
2010
Federation of Electric Power Companies
Electric Power Company's Transport Headquarters
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited
The thirteenth return shipment of vitrified waste from abroad to Japan was completed today as follows:
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Ship’s arrival at the port |
March 9 |
08:51 |
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Beginning of unloading |
March 9 |
13:12 |
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End of unloading |
March 9 |
13:34 |
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Beginning of overland transport |
March 9 |
15:00 |
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End of overland transport |
March 9 |
15:44 |
Name of the receiving facility: Vitrified Waste Storage Center of Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited
Quantity of received waste: 28 canisters of vitrified waste (in a single transport cask)
Owners of the vitrified waste: four utilities (Tokyo Electric Power Company, Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.)
Reference: The total number of canisters received by the Vitrified Waste Storage Center to date is 1,338 canisters (13 shipments).
