Genshinenryō Kōgyō

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原子 燃料 工業 株式会社 (Genshinenryō Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha, Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., NFI)
legal form Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company)
founding July 1972
Seat Minato (Tokyo)
management Zensuke Iwata , President
Branch Nuclear technology
Website www.nfi.co.jp

Genshinenryō Kōgyō KK ( Japanese 原子 燃料 工業 株式会社 , Genshinenryō Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha , English Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. (NFI) ) is a Japanese nuclear fuel manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo . The company's registered capital is one billion yen . The shareholders are Westinghouse Electric Company (52%) and Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō and Furukawa Denki Kōgyō (each 24%).

The company operates two fuel assembly plants. The plant in Kumatori ( Osaka prefecture ) produces nuclear fuel for pressurized water reactors with a capacity of 284 tons of uranium per year. Around 350 people are employed there. Around 250 people work at the plant in Tōkai (Ibaraki) . Nuclear fuels for boiling water reactors (capacity: 250 tons of uranium per year) and for gas-cooled high-temperature reactors (capacity: 400 kilograms of uranium per year) are produced here.

Individual evidence

  1. Company Overview, History, Certifications ( English ) Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd .. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. Kumatori Works ( English ) Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd .. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  3. Tokai Works ( English ) Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd .. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.