Nuclear power plant

1
Nuclear power plant
Spent nuclear fuel
Uranium
High level radioactive waste
Reprocessing
plutonium
Plutonium
Fast breeder reactor
2
Nuclear power plant
Spent nuclear fuel
Uranium
High level radioactive waste
Reprocessing
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant 8 tonnes/year
plutonium
?
Plutonium
Fast breeder reactor
45 tonnes
Final Disposal X
3
Nuclear power plant
Spent nuclear fuel
Uranium
9
Plutonium is recovered through spent fuel
reprocessing and mixed with uranium for use in a
thermal reactor.
High level radioactive waste
Mix Oxide fuel (MOX)
Reprocessing
1
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant 8 tonnes/year
plutonium
?
Plutonium
Fast breeder reactor
45 tonnes
Final Disposal X
4
Uranium
Nuclear power plant
Spent nuclear fuel
High level radioactive waste
Reprocessing
plutonium
?
Plutonium
Fast breeder reactor
Final Disposal X
5
DPJ
LDP
Union Vote

• Regional Monopoly
• Power generation and Power grid
• Pricing

TEPCO
Graduate Employment

Scholars
Amakudari Descent from heaven civil servants
entering the private sector following retirement
Advertising and Sponsorship
METI
Media
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
6
The Structure of Power Companies
Regional Monopoly
Solar
Wind

Grid



Grid

Power Generation
Gas
Nuclear
7
Pricing
Profit (3)
Cost
Market Pricing

• Overhead
• Maintenance
• Construction
• Wages

8
Issues for the Future

• Feed in Tariff
• Independent Grid
• Market Mechanism
• Local Government Initiative
• Natural Energy Foundation (Mega Solar)

9
Akita Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
Local bank
Consumer
Akita komachi rice
Renewable (Local)
800m/year
Wind and Solar power
Akita komachi rice
1b/year
800m/year
Electricity (nuclear)
Outside Akita Prefecture