Permission of the alteration in nuclear fuel material processing business in the Tokai Works of Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. (report)

A report by the Nuclear Safety Commission to the Prime Minister concerning the permission of the alteration in nuclear fuel material processing business in the Tokai Works, Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., was presented; the technical capability of NFI and the safety of the business alteration were confirmed. The items of the safety examination concerning the alteration, made by the Committee on Examination of Nuclear Fuel Safety of NSC, are as follows: the aseismic design and fire prevention measures of the processing plant, material storehouses, etc., to be newly installed; criticality control concerning the change in the maximum enrichment degree of nuclear fuel materials, the release control of gaseous and liquid wastes; the management of solid wastes; radiation control; the exposure dose of general public. (Mori, K.)