April 14 2000

Press Release Concerning Shipment of Casks Used in the Transport of Phase V Returned Vitrified Waste

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

JNFL announced that the transport casks used in the transport of Phase V returned vitrified waste will be removed from the Vitrified Waste Storage Centre, to be returned to COGEMA in France on April 18. The casks will be removed from the centre on the morning of April 18, and loaded onto a ship at approximately 12:00. The transport ship will leave the port at approximately 15:00 the same day.