Rokkasho (Aomori)

Rokkasho-mura 六 ヶ 所 村
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Aomori
Coordinates :	40 ° 58 '  N , 141 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 58 '2 "  N , 141 ° 22' 28"  E
Basic data
Surface:	253.01 km²
Residents :	10,293 (June 1, 2019)
Population density :	41 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	02411-2
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese black pine
Flower :	Hemerocallis dumortieri var. Esculenta
Bird :	White-tailed eagle
town hall
Address :	Rokkasho Village Hall 475 Aza Nozuki, Ōaza Obuchi Rokkasho -mura, Kamikita-gun Aomori  039-3212
Website URL:	www.rokkasho.jp
Location Rokkashos in Aomori Prefecture

Rokkasho ( Jap. 六ヶ所村 , - mura ) is a village in kamikita district of Aomori Prefecture .

geography

Rokkasho is located on the Shimokita Peninsula on the Pacific Ocean .

The southern half of the municipality is a marshland and therefore rich in lakes. The largest is the 62 km² Ogawara Lake ( 小川 原 湖 , Ogawara-ko ), which is also the eleventh largest lake in Japan and which the community borders in the south. This drains in the municipality through the 7 km long Takase River ( 高 瀬 川 , Takase-gawa ) into the ocean. When the tide is high, however, salt water flows back and the lake therefore consists of brackish water . Other lakes from south to north are the two smaller freshwater lakes Tamogi-numa ( 田 面 木 沼 ) and Ichiyanagi-numa ( 市 柳 沼 ), as well as the larger brackish water lakes Obuchi-numa ( 尾 駮 沼 ) and Takahoko-numa ( 鷹 架 沼 ) for the das same as the Ogawara Lake.

In contrast, the northern half of the municipality is characterized by mountains, so that only the coastal area is inhabited there. The highest mountain is the Fukkoshi-Eboshi ( 吹 越 烏 帽子 ) on the border with Yokohama with 507.8 m, followed by the Otsukushi ( 御 宿 山 , -yama ) with 498 m and the Gassan ( 月 山 ) with 419.2 m both further north.

Neighboring communities are counterclockwise from north to south Higashidōri in the same county, Yokohama, Noheji and Tōhoku each in Shimokita county , and the city of Misawa . The latter two are located along the south bank of Lake Ogawara.

history

The village was created in 1889 with a nationwide reorganization of the Japanese community from the combination of the six places Kurauchi ( 倉 内 ), Hiranuma ( 平沼 ), Takahako ( 鷹 架 ), Obuchi ( 尾 駮 ), Deto ( 出 戸 ) and Tomari ( 泊 ). This is where the name comes from, which literally means “six places”.

Rokkasho reprocessing plant

In 1984 JNFS (Japan Nuclear Fuel Services, today: Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited ) received the construction permit for the Rokkasho commercial reprocessing plant . A near-surface repository for low-level radioactive waste was built on the site of the Rokkasho Center and put into operation in December 1992. A uranium enrichment plant went into operation in 1992. The incoming warehouse of the WAA was put into operation in 1997. The reprocessing operation started around 2010.

Rokkasho was proposed by the Japanese government as the site for the planned international fusion reactor ITER , in competition with the European site proposal Cadarache in France. However, on June 28, 2005 it was decided to build ITER in Cadarache.

traffic

Important highways through Rokkasho are the national road 338 to Hakodate or Oirase , as well as the national road 394 to Mutsu or Hirosaki .

In contrast to its neighboring communities, Rokkasho is not connected to the rail network.

economy

Despite its small size, Rokkasho has some large industrial facilities.

So it is the location of a nuclear industrial center on the site of which u. a. the following systems are located:

• a uranium enrichment plant (centrifuge technology)
• the Rokkasho reprocessing plant for fuel elements from light water reactors
• a near-surface repository.

In addition, the Mutsu-Ogawara State Oil Field ( む つ Staat 原 国家 石油 備 蓄 基地 , Mutsu-Ogawara kokka sekiyu bichiku kichi ) has been located in Rokkasho since 1985 , one of ten facilities in which Japan's strategic oil reserves are stored.

There are also three wind farms in Rokkasho . The first, the Mutsu-Ogawara wind farm ( む つ 小川 原 ウ ィ ン ド フ ァ ー ム , Mutsu-Ogawara Windo Fāmu ) of the company EcoPower KK , was built in January 2003 with 21 wind turbines à 1500 kW, i.e. H. a total output of 31.5 MW, making it the largest in Japan at the time. In December 2003, a system of Rokkasho-mura Fūryoku Kaihatsu KK ( 六 ヶ 所 村 風力 開 発 株式会社 , German "Windkraftentwicklungs-AG Rokkasho") with 20 systems of 1500 kW and two of 1425 kW, a total of 32.85 MW, followed in August 2009 one of the Futamata Fūryoku Kaihatsu KK ( 二 又 風力 開 発 株式会社 ) with 34 systems of 1500 kW or 51 MW in total.

education

In Rokkasho are six elementary schools ( 六ヶ所村立X小学校 , Rokkasho-sonritsu X shōgakkō ) - Tomari, Obuchi, Tokusari ( 戸鎖 ) Hiranuma, Kurauchi and Chitosetai ( 千歳平 ) -, four middle schools ( 六ヶ所村立X中学校 , Rokkasho-sonritsu X chūgakkō ) - Tomari, Dai-ichi ( 第一 , German "first"), Chitose ( 千 歳 ) and Dai-ni ( 第二 , German "second"), as well as the prefectural high school Rokkasho ( 青森 県 立六 ヶ 所 高等学校 , Aomori-kenritsu Rokkasho kōtō gakkō ).

Town twinning

Since 1994 there has been a friendship with Waren (Müritz) .

Web links

Commons : Rokkasho  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ogawara-KO (LAKE Ogawara). (No longer available online.) In: World Lakes Database. International Lake Environment Committee, archived from the original on January 6, 2013 ; accessed on May 8, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ No.64 Ogawara-ko Wetlands (including Obuchi-numa, Takahoko-numa, Ichiyanagi-numa, Tamogi-numa, Takase-gawa and Ogawara-ko). (No longer available online.) In: 500 Important Wetlands in Japan. Ministry of the Environment , 2000, archived from the original on January 6, 2013 ; accessed on May 8, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ む つ 小川 原 ウ ィ ン ド フ ァ ー ム 発 電 所 . EcoPower, accessed May 8, 2011 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ 大規模 風力 発 電 . Rokkasho Village, accessed August 9, 2016 (Japanese).