SPECIAL REPORTS

Activities Related to Establishment of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

SHIBANO Takayuki

NARUSE Katsuhiko

ICHIKAWA Nagayoshi

As a total nuclear power plant supplier, Toshiba has designed and constructed many of the major components of the Rokkasho Reprocessing
Plant of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., Japan's first commercial reprocessing plant, for the establishment of a nuclear fuel cycle in Japan.

To reduce the

load on the global environment, we are now engaged in the design and development of new facilities for the plant, including a waste treatment facility
and a storage facility.

We are also promoting the research and development of advanced reprocessing technology to realize the next-generation

nuclear fuel cycle, in order to secure a stable energy supply in the future.

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NARUSE Katsuhiko
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Power and Industrial Systems Research and Development Center

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