For special nuclear fuel called "MOX fuel" made of plutonium extracted from the once using nuclear fuel in nuclear power plants, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, aims to establish the technology to be used again, and then re-processing the prospect of the second half of the 2030s We asked the electric power companies for their cooperation.
In the nuclear fuel cycle policy promoted by the government, the nuclear fuel once used at the nuclear power plant is reprocessed to extract plutonium, which is processed into a special nuclear fuel called MOX fuel and used at the nuclear power plant.
The policy is to reprocess this MOX fuel when it is finished using it, and then take out and utilize plutonium, but the factory that reprocesses the MOX fuel is still in the conceptual stage.
For this reason, the used MOX fuel is still stored on the premises at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant of Shikoku Electric Power, the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant of Kansai Electric Power, and the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant of Kyushu Electric Power.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at a meeting of the 25 days the power companies of top et al took part about this is, and aim to establish a technology to reprocess the MOX fuel, which finished with the prospect of the second half of the 2030s, to research and development in electric power companies I asked for your cooperation.
In addition, since only four nuclear power plants are currently using MOX fuel, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said at the meeting, "We will consider supporting new local governments."