Kyodo Wire Services
14 February 2005 20:34
NISA, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency’s “Inquiry Committee on Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Comprehensive Inspection” (Chairperson: Keiji KANDA) met on the 14th to begin its examination into the causes etc. of the faulty design of the High Level Vitrified Radioactive Waste Storage Facility’s cooling equipment.
After the meeting Chairperson KANDA made clear his intention to instruct that a comprehensive inspection be undertaken on the design of all of JNFL’s nuclear fuel cycle facilities including the Reprocessing Plant and the Uranium Enrichment Plant. The results of the inspection is to be reported by JNFL to the committee at its meeting to be held the coming fiscal year.
The design faults which were found are in the #4 Installation etc. of the Reprocessing Plantﾕs vitrified nuclear waste storage buildings. The vitrified waste temperature targeted to be 500 degrees or lower was first reported to be approximately 430 degrees. However, recalculations revealed the temperatures would go over 620 degrees.
(Informal English translation by Green Action)
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