Removal of nuclear fuel from fast reactor "Monju" To start next week, September 13 19:03
Regarding the fast reactor “Monju” in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, the government has announced that it will start nuclear fuel removal from the nuclear reactor scheduled for next month one month ahead of schedule and start next week Did.
The fast reactor “Monju”, which was developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency for the effective use of plutonium, is one of the pillars of the national nuclear policy, has been decommissioned three years ago, and is currently under decommissioning work.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which has jurisdiction over this, announced the policy to move ahead one month ahead of schedule and start work next week, assuming that the nuclear fuel remaining in the reactor is ready for removal. .
JAEA plans to take out 370 nuclear fuels in the reactor by June 2022.
Nuclear fuel in the storage tank next to the reactor will also be transferred to the fuel pool by December 2022.
The fast reactor “Monju”, which started trial operation in 1994 as a “dream reactor” that produces fuel, is 1 trillion yen due to the nuclear power of the JAEA's predecessor = scandals of the power reactor / nuclear fuel development corporation and subsequent troubles However, the government decided to decommission it. Completion of decommissioning is scheduled for 2048 years.