NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORT CO., LTD.

History

1973
  • Nuclear Transport Services Company established by Mitui & Co.,Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation and four transport companies
1974
  • Shareholding structure reorganized into ten utility companies, five trading companies and five transport companies
1978
  • Implemented the first spent fuel transport to JAEA
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1986
  • Changed the corporate name to Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. on the occasion of commencing transport for nuclear fuel cycle facilities
1989
  • Acquired official certification as a party to whom shipment has been entrusted in accordance with the Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law.
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1991
  • Acquired design and packaging certificates for the HZ-75T-type packaging as a party to whom shipment has been entrusted
1992
  • Opened Rokkasho Transport Operations Office
  • Implemented the first low-level radioactive waste transport
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1993
  • Acquired design certification for the TN28VT-type packaging
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1994
  • Acquired design certification for NFT-type packaging (six types)
  • Establ ished Nuclear Fuel Shipping Company, Ltd.
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1995
  • Implemented the first vitrified residue transport
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1996
  • Implemented the first natural uranium hexafluoride transport
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1997
  • Achieved a total low-level radioactive waste transport of 100,000 drums
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1998
  • Implemented the first trial transport of spent fuel to JNFL
  • Data falsification for resin (neutron shielding material) used in NFT-type transport packaging was discovered
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1999
  • Settled the data falsification issue; Reviewed management philosophy and established the Charter of Corporate Conduct
  • Acquired ISO 9001 Certificate
2000
  • Implemented the first transport of mortar-grouted, solid, low-level radioactive waste
  • Implemented the first spent fuel transport to JNFL
2001
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport of 1,000 tons since inauguration
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport to JAEA of 200 times
  • Implemented spent fuel transport of the Mutsu nuclear-powered vessel
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2002
  • Capital investment in OCL Corporation
2003
  • Achieved a total low-level radioactive waste transport of 100 times
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2004
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport volume to JNFL of 1,000 tons
2006
  • Completed the construction of a new spent fuel transport vessel and commenced the first spent fuel transport
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport volume to JNFL of 2,000 tons
2007
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport volume to JAEA of 1,000 tons
2008
  • Established New Design Fuel Engineering Department; Acquired and merged with Nuclear Fuel Shipping Company, Ltd.
  • Achieved a total low-level radioactive waste transport of 200,000 drums
2009
  • Achieved a total spent fuel transport volume to JNFL of 3,000 tons
2015
  • Achieved a total low-level radioactive waste transport of 200 times
2018
  • Achieved a total low-level radioactive waste transport of 300,000 drums
2019
  • Completed construction of a new low-level radioactive waste transport vessel, which replaced the retired vessel, and commenced its first transport
2021
  • Completed the construction of a 50-ton crane
2024
  • Implemented the first spent fuel transport to Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company