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Press Release Concerning the Completion of the 15th Return Shipment of Vitrified Waste to Japan

February  27,  2013
Federation of Electric Power Companies
Electric Power Company's Transport Headquarters
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

The 15th return shipment of vitrified waste from abroad to Japan was completed today as follows:

 

Ship’s arrival at the port

Feb. 27
(Wednesday)

08:23

Beginning of unloading

Feb. 27

12:52

End of unloading

Feb. 27

13:19

Beginning of overland transport

Feb. 27

15:15

End of overland transport
(arrival at the receiving facility)

Feb. 27

16:02

 

Name of the receiving facility: Vitrified Waste Storage Center of Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

Quantity of received waste: 28 canisters of vitrified waste (in 1 transport casks)

Owners of the vitrified waste: Three utilities (Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., and Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.)

 

Reference: The total number of canisters received by the Vitrified Waste Storage Center to date is 1,442 canisters (15 shipments).

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