核燃料中間貯蔵、９月搬入　むつ市隣接５町村と事業者が協定―青森

　原発から出た使用済み核燃料を再処理するまでの間、一時的に保管する全国初の中間貯蔵施設（青森県むつ市）を巡り、むつ市の隣接５町村は２０日、事業者のリサイクル燃料貯蔵（ＲＦＳ）との間で操業の前提となる安全協定に調印した。青森市内で開かれた調印式の終了後、同社の高橋泰成社長は記者会見で「隣接町村との安全協定が締結できたので、これ以降搬入が可能という形になった」と述べた。核燃料の初搬入は９月の見通し。（2024/08/20-18:18）

Five municipalities in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori and the operator of a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the same prefecture signed a safety agreement Tuesday.
   The signing of the pact between the five municipalities--the towns of Yokohama and Oma and the villages of Higashidori, Kazamaura and Sai--and Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co., or RFS, is a prerequisite for launching the operations of the facility in the city of Mutsu. The five towns and villages each border Mutsu.
   The facility will store spent fuel from nuclear power stations until it is reprocessed. It is the first such facility in Japan.
   The first batch of spent nuclear fuel is expected to be transported to the facility in September.
   As the safety deal has been signed, delivery will be possible from now on, RFS President Yasunari Takahashi told a news conference after the signing ceremony held in the city of Aomori, the prefecture's capital.