JAPAN NUCLEAR FUEL LIMITED

October 2 1997

Press Release Concerning Application for a Certificate for Off-Site Radioactive Waste Disposal of Phase III Returned Vitrified Waste


Tokyo Electric Power Company
Kansai Electric Power Company
Chubu Electric Power Company
Kyushu Electric Power Company


As the owners of vitrified waste (60 canisters) scheduled to be returned in the 2nd half of fiscal 1997, the above parties today filed an application for off-site radioactive waste disposal with the Director General of the Science and Technology Agency .

The application was filed to obtain government approval of safety measures at radioactive waste storage facilities as required by the Law for Regulating Nuclear Installations.

Further information about the application is available from the Nuclear Cycle Information Booth at Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited in Aomori.



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