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The is a nuclear reprocessing plant with an annual capacity of 800 tons of uranium or 8 tons of plutonium.〔 It is owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL), and is the successor to a smaller reprocessing plant located in Tōkai, Ibaraki in central Japan which ceased operation in 2007. The reprocessing plant is part of the Rokkasho complex located in the village of Rokkasho in northeast Aomori Prefecture, on the Pacific coast of the northernmost part of Japan's main island of Honshu, which also includes: *A high level nuclear waste monitoring facility *A MOX fuel fabrication plant *A uranium enrichment plant *A low level radioactive waste landfill In 2010, the Rokkasho complex consisted of 38 buildings on an area of 3,800,000 m². Construction and testing of the facility is complete, and it has been intended to begin operating in October 2013; however this was delayed by new safety regulations.〔(Japan's Nuclear Plan Unsettles U.S. )〕 In December 2013 JNFL announced the plant would be ready for operation in October 2014. ==Economic aspects== Since 1993 there has been US$ 20 billion invested in the project, nearly triple the original cost estimate.〔(The Failures of Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program - 1956–2007 )〕 A 2011 estimate put the cost at US$27.5 billion.〔Forbes, (Japan's Other Nuclear Disaster ), 4/6/2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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