We announce that we today concluded with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. an agreement on the supplying of mixed oxide fuel of uranium and plutonium (MOX fuel) for the Pluthermal project, a plutonium thermal utilization process at the Genkai Nuclear Power Station Unit3.
Upon completion of necessary preparations, MOX fuel will be manufactured by COMMOX (the contact representing the AREVA group) in France, to which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. commissions the manufacture of MOX fuel.
We are determined to ensure, as always, quality assurance activities relating to the procurement of MOX fuel and to proceed steadfastly with the Pluthermal project.
[Outline of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.]
| Head Office Location : |
16-5 Konan 2-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Representative : |
Kazuo Tsukuda, President |
| Established : |
January 1950 |
| Shareholders : |
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. and others |
| Scope of Business : |
Shipbuilding, power systems, nuclear energy systems,aerospace etc. |
[Outline of COMMOX]
| Head Office Location : |
Velizy-Villacoublay (in vicinity of Paris), France |
| Representative : |
J. Krellmann, CEO and President |
| Establishment : |
October 1984 |
| Shareholders : |
AREVA NC (60%) and Belgonucleaire (40%) |
| Scope of Business : |
Contact representing the AREVA Group concerning MOX fuel processing |
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