June 8 2000

JNFL Announces the Filing of an Application for Uranium Enrichment Plant Design and Construction

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

JNFL filed an application with the Director General of the Science and Technology Agency today for design and construction work at its Uranium Enrichment Plant. The application was filed in order to investigate the cause of centrifuge stoppages at RE-1A (150tSWU/a), which suspended full-scale operations on 3 April this year