November 17, 2011

Operation of the 6th low-level radioactive waste transport this year


A total of 1,400drums of low-level radioactive wastes were received from 3 nuclear power plants, during June 16th to 17th, at our Rokkasho facility.

440 drums were from Genkai Power Station and 320 drums were from Sendai Power Station, both of them are owned by The Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

And 640 drums were from Ikata Power Station of The Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

Up to now, total of 240,051 drums has been received at Rokkasho Site.