15 April 1999

Press Release Concerning the Arrival of the Fourth Shipment of Vitrified Waste To Japan

Federation of Electric Power Companies Electric Power Company Transport Headquarters Chubu Electric Power Company Kansai Electric Power Company Japan Atomic Power Company Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

The above parties have announced that "Pacific Swan”, the transport ship that departed Cherbourg, France on 25 February 1999 carrying the fourth shipment of vitrified waste, arrived at the port of Mutsu-Ogawara, Rokkasho-Mura, Aomori prefecture, at 8:12 AM today.

Further information is available at the following numbers: FEPC Public Relations and Information Department (03) 3279 2182 Chubu Electric Power Company Public Relations Department: (052)961-3582 Kansai Electric Power Company General Office of Community Relations and Development: (06)7501-0242 Japan Atomic Power Company Public Relations Department: (03)3284-1857 Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited Plant Siting & Public Relations Department: (03)3581-8918