JNFL

4 March 2004

Completion of Transport of the Ninth Shipment of
Returned Vitrified Waste

 

This is to inform that the Ninth shipment of Returned Vitrified Waste from Europe has been duly completed as follows:

Transport Vessel Berthed: 07:00 hours, Thursday, 4 March 2004
Unloading Commenced: 10:45 hours, Thursday, 4 March 2004
Unloading Completed: 13:51 hours, Thursday, 4 March 2004
Land Transport Commenced: 15:40 hours, Thursday. 4 March 2004
Land Transport Completed  
(arrival time at the Receiving Facility):
16:28 hours, Thursday, 4 March 2004.
Name of Receiving Facility: Vitrified Waste Receiving Facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.
Quantity Received  
(Vitrified Waste In Canisters):
132 canisters (5 transport casks)
Owners of Vitrified Waste: Tohoku Electric, Tokyo Electric, Kansai Electric,
Chugoku Electric, and Shikoku Electric
(5 electric power companies)


(For reference: Total accumulated quantity of canisters received at the Storage Center: 9 shipments, 892 canisters)

* For further details, please refer to the Japanese text of the press release.


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