JAPAN NUCLEAR FUEL LIMITED

4 April 1997
Press release concerning the commencement of the inspection of the vitrified waste, 4 April 1997

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited


We would like to announce that the preparation for the inspection of the 40 vitrified canisters which we received in our facility on 18 March has been completed and the inspection will be started from April 7 next week.

1. Date of the inspection

The inspection will be started from 14:00 PM, 7 April 1997.

2. The work so far
(1)After receiving 2 of the transport casks, one of the casks was moved to the Cask Inspection Room by the Overhead Traveling Crane and Cask Carrier. The other cask will be temporarily placed in the Cask Temporary Storage Area in the Vitrified Waste Accepting Building.
(2) The cask was transferred to the Vitrified Waste Unloading Room and the vitrified canisters were removed one by one from the cask by the Overhead Traveling Crane, and all of the 20 vitrified canisters were put in the Vitrified Waste Temporary Storage Supporting Structure.
(3) The inspecting equipment for measuring the amount of heat emission, radioactive levels and the surface cleanliness, was adjusted.

3. Remarks
(1)The inspection will be done per cask(20 canisters) at a time and after receiving the government's certificate of confirmation they will be put in the Storage Pit.
(2) Before starting the inspection of the other cask, we plan to check all the equipment for several weeks to make perfect inspection.


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