Permission of the alteration in nuclear fuel material processing in Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd

The application to alter the undertaking of making fuel assemblies for LWRs was presented by Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. to the Prime Minister on December 6, 1978. The contents of the alteration are the construction of two buildings for storing wastes and the installation of a high temperature dryer for uranium pellets. The Prime Minister inquired the opinion of the Atomic Energy Safety Commission on the application of the standards based on the law concerning the regulation of nuclear raw materials, nuclear fuel materials and nuclear reactors, on February 20, 1979, through the investigation into the safety by the Atomic Energy Safety Bureau, Science and Technology Agency. The draft of the investigation result and the draft of the safety investigation result were attached, which said that the company has the technical capability to achieve the undertaking after the alteration as it has accumulated the experiences over 20 years, there are the sections of production, technology, environment control and quality assurance, and about 100 specialists engage in the works. (Kako, I.)