Spent fuel management in Japan

The numbers of current nuclear electric generation together with spent fuel arising are updated and their future predictions are made. Spent fuel discharged from LWRs is now stored at reactor sites, waiting for being reprocessed in the future. Meanwhile, it is pointed out that the interim spent fuel storage facility should be constructed and commissioned by around 2010, to accommodate superfluous spent fuel from nuclear power stations. Recovered plutonium is currently scheduled to be used in LWRs as MOX fuel and ultimately to be burned in FBRs in accordance with the Long-Term Programme for Research, Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy. (author)