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Headquarters Representative's Office, Yokohama District,
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. |
 NSnet Peer Review of Headquarters Representative's Office, Yokohama District, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., conducted over a three-day period starting October 30th, was completed. A summary of the review is shown below.
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1. Reviewed Establishment (location) |
Headquarters Representative's Office, Yokohama District, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., located in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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2. Overview of the establishment and targets of review |
Since Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries started the nuclear business at 1955, it has been involved in the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of a large number of components for Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs). The major components are 23 units of Reactor Pressure Vessels (two of which are under fabrication), Primary Containment Vessels and reactor piping system. Using fabrication technology for these components, the company is also fabricated the components for new types of reactors such as Fast Breeder Reactors and High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors. These are fabricated at the YOKOHAMA NO. 1 Works, which was built as a specialized plant for nuclear power components. Since 1978, the company has been working in the nuclear fuel cycle field, mainly the design and constructing facilities in High Active Liquid Waste Vitrification Facility and Vitrified Package Storage Facility. Presently, the company is engaged in the back end field of spent fuel storage and radioactive waste disposal including high level waste.
The target of this review is the safety promotion activities involving design and fabrication in the nuclear related groups in the Energy System Division.
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3. Members of the review team and the method of review
Group A
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：The Kansai Electric Power Co., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.
（Fields of review: organization/operation, education/training and handling of major issues (Cooperative relationships with quality assurance)） |
Group B
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：Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., NSnet
(Fields of review: design/manufacturing and handling of major issues
(Excluding cooperative relationships with quality assurance)) |
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：site inspection, interview with persons involved and examination of documents in the above areas |
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4. Summary Report |
| [[Summary Report(PDF,390KByte)]] |
5. Others |
Dr. Kuroda, Director of Japan Institute of Human Factors Co., Ltd., participated as an observer.
[Opinions and impressions of a third-party observer] |
Headquarters Representative's Office |
Field observation |
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