30 December 1999

Press Release Concerning the Departure of the Fifth Return Shipment of Vitrified Waste from Europe to Japan

Federation of Electric Power Companies Electric Power Company's Transport Headquarters Tokyo Electric Power Company Chubu Electric Power Company Kansai Electric Power Company Chugoku Electric Power Company Kyushu Electric Power Company

The above parties announced today that "Pacific Swan", the ship being used to transport the fifth return shipment of vitrified waste, left the port of Cherbourg at 6:20 PM, local time (2:20 AM on 30 December, Japan Standard Time) on 29 December 1999.