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8 Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Japan--Kinichiro Kusunose
Pages 70-71

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... The amount of spent nuclear fuel from power plants exceeds the current reprocessing capacity plant at Rokkasho-mura, which can reprocess about 800 MTU per year. Of the excess spent fuel, 2,900 MTU will be stored at nuclear power plants.
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... The amount of spent nuclear fuel from power plants exceeds the capacity of the reprocessing plant at Rokkasho-mura, which can reprocess about 800 MTU per year. The spent fuel in the temporary storage facility will fill rapidly even though the reprocessing plant is operating at full capacity.
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