Japan’s nuclear regulator has officially granted permission for the country’s first interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel to start operating.
The facility in Mutsu City, in the northern prefecture of Aomori, will store for up to 50 years spent nuclear fuel from reactors run by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC).
The first batch of 69 spent fuel assemblies arrived at the facility in September, national public broadcaster NHK reported.