Kansai Electric Power President Nozomu Mori met with Governor Sugimoto of Fukui Prefecture on the twelfth and instructed him that he plans to move a number of the spent gasoline from nuclear energy vegetation within the prefecture to France. President Mori indicated that he had fulfilled his promise to the prefecture to move the spent nuclear gasoline out of Fukui Prefecture, however most of them didn’t present any prospects for the transport, and Governor Sugimoto put his stance on maintain.
On the twelfth, President Mori of Kansai Electric Power met with Governor Sugimoto on the Fukui Prefectural Office and mentioned the gasoline used within the “pull thermal power generation” that reuses plutonium extracted from spent nuclear gasoline, which is being carried out at Takahama Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4. About 10 tons of that and about 190 tons of different spent nuclear gasoline will probably be shipped to France for reprocessing by the late 2020s.
Fukui Prefecture is requesting Kansai Electric Power to move spent nuclear gasoline saved at nuclear energy vegetation within the prefecture out of the prefecture, and Kansai Electric Power has selected a candidate web site for an “interim storage facility” to be the vacation spot by the top of this yr. I promise to allow you to.
Regarding this, President Mori stated that some locations have been determined this time, “It has the same significance as the interim storage facility, and the promise with Fukui Prefecture has been fulfilled for the time being.”
However, solely about 5% of the spent nuclear gasoline saved by Kansai Electric Power in Fukui Prefecture will probably be shipped out, and most of them haven’t been introduced.
After the assembly, Governor Sugimoto was requested if he accepted Kansai Electric Power’s concepts, however he solely stated, “I would like to make a comprehensive decision after listening to the opinions of the national government and the local governments where the nuclear power plants are located.” withheld.