April 18 2000

Press Release Concerning Shipment of a Cask Used in the Transport of Phase V Returned Vitrified Waste

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

JNFL announced that loading of the transport cask used in the transport of Phase V returned vitrified waste was completed at the port of Mutsu-Ogawara today. The transport ship arrived in port at 7:30. The loading of the cask began at 12:24 and ended at 14:00. The ship left the port at 14:32, bound for France.