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 NSnet conducted the 28th peer review at the Head Office of Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. for three days from December 18 to December 20. Prior to it , on December 3 , we conducted a site inspection of peer review at the Rokkasho Transport Operations office. The follows are the outline of the two activities.
A summary of the review is shown below.
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1. Reviewed Establishment (location) |
Head Office of Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. (Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo) and its Rokkasho Transport Operations Office (Rokkasho-mura, Kamikita-gun, Aomori).
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2. Overview of the establishment and targets of review |
Nuclear Fuel Transport was founded in April 1973 under its former name, N.T.S. Co., Ltd. with the purpose of transporting spent fuel and other materials. The company changed its name to the current one in June 1986 and as a company specializing in the transport of radioactive materials in the nuclear fuel cycle, it has been building up experience and skills of safe and reliable nuclear materials transport by land and sea , such as spent fuel , high and low level radioactive waste and natural uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and so on.
Rokkasho Transport Operations office was founded in April 1992 with the purpose of transport planning, management, etc. It is establishing a responsible transport system, having a close relationship with the local community.
Peer Review was conducted for the Head Office and the Rokkasho Transport Operations Office to confirm the consistent system and program in terms of the overall transport safety management, etc.
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3. Members of the review team and the method of review
Group A
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: Hitachi, Ltd., The Chugoku Electric Power Co.
(Fields of review: organization/operation, emergency measures, education/training and handling of major issues (initiatives for improving corporate trust)) |
Group B
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: Nuclear Development Cor., NSnet
(Fields of review: design/transportation/maintenance administration and handling of major issues (excluding initiatives for improving corporate trust)) |
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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,92KByte)]
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5. Others |
Dr. Furuta, Professor, The University of Tokyo, participated as an observer.
[Opinions and impressions of a third-party observer]
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Rokkasho Transport Operations Office
Document examination |
Field observation |
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