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Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited is a JPN company active in the nuclear fuel chain as enricher, reprocessing.

Operator of the Rokkasho complex — enrichment, reprocessing and vitrification on one site. The reprocessing plant has been under construction since 1993 and its completion date has been postponed more than twenty times, making it one of the longest-running nuclear construction projects anywhere.

Company
HeadquartersRokkasho, Aomori, Japan
Foundednot recorded
Ownershipprivate
Roles in the chainenricher, reprocessing

Position in the chain

Mining Conversion Enrichment Fabrication HALEU Reprocessing

Downstream

Enriched uranium from this company feeds fuel fabrication, and from there 375 operating reactors across these types. Heavy water reactors are absent because they run on natural uranium and skip enrichment entirely.

Reactor typeOperating units
Pressurised water reactor 311
Boiling water reactor 45
Gas-cooled reactor 9
Light water graphite reactor 7
Fast reactor 2
High-temperature gas reactor 1

Facilities

FacilityStageCountryCapacity / outputStatus
Rokkasho Enrichment Plant enrichment JPN not disclosed operating
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant reprocessing JPN 800tHM/yr construction

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