JCO (company)

JCO was a Japanese nuclear fuel cycle company established in October 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. as Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. 日本核燃料コンバージョン (Nihon Kakunenryō Konbājon). As of 2000, stock capitalization was 1 billion USD.

Timeline

1979 JCO was founded
1980 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. conversion activities were handed over to JCO
1983 The second factory building at Tokaimura was completed
1998 The name was changed to just JCO
1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident
2003 Uranium conversion activities stopped completely

References

Nuclear power in Japan

Companies

Electric power companies	Hokkaido Electric Power Company Tohoku Electric Power Tokyo Electric Power Company Chubu Electric Power Hokuriku Electric Power Company Kansai Electric Power Company Chugoku Electric Power Company Shikoku Electric Power Kyushu Electric Power

Other	Hitachi Toshiba Mitsubishi FBR Systems Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited JCO

Reactors

Active LWR	Tomari Onagawa Higashidōri Fukushima Daiichi Fukushima Daini Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Hamaoka Shika Ōi Mihama Takahama Shimane Ikata Sendai Genkai Tōkai Tsuruga

Closed	Fugen ATR

Canceled	Maki Namie-Odaka

Under construction	Ōma

Other	Jōyō research fast reactor Monju prototype fast (breeder) reactor

Organisations

Regulatory bodies	Japanese Atomic Energy Commission(JAEC) Nuclear Regulation Authority(NRA) formerly Japan's NSC and NISA

Research institutions	Japan Atomic Energy Agency(JAEA) Dōnen (abolished)

Other	Japan Electric Association(JEA) membership organization Rokkasho reprocessing

Accidents
and incidents

Fukushima Daiichi	Timeline Reactors 4, 5 and 6 Ōkuma Fukushima 50 Investigation Committee Independent Investigation Commission Radiation effects Japanese reaction International reactions Cleanup Comparison with Chernobyl

Other	Tokaimura nuclear accident Japanese nuclear incidents Mihama nuclear accidents

Anti-nuclear
movement

Category
Commons

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