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Nuclear power plant Spent nuclear fuel
High levelradioactive
waste
PlutoniumFast breeder reactor
plutonium
Reprocessing
Uranium
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Nuclear power plant Spent nuclear fuel
High levelradioactive
waste
PlutoniumFast breeder reactor
plutonium
? 45 tonnes
Final Disposal X
Uranium
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant8 tonnes/year
Reprocessing
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Nuclear power plant Spent nuclear fuel
High levelradioactive
waste
PlutoniumFast breeder reactor
plutonium
? 45 tonnes
9
1
Mix Oxide fuel (MOX)
Final Disposal X
Reprocessing
Uranium
Plutonium is recovered through spentfuel reprocessing and mixed with uranium for use in a thermal reactor.
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant8 tonnes/year
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Uranium Nuclear power plant Spent nuclear fuel
High levelradioactive
waste
PlutoniumFast breeder reactor
plutonium
?Final Disposal X
Reprocessing
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• Regional Monopoly
• Power generation and Power grid
• Pricing
TEPCO
DPJ LDP
Media
Scholars
METI** Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Union Vote $
Graduate Employment
$
Advertising and
Sponsorship
Amakudari‘Descent fromheaven’ – civil servants entering the private sector following retirement
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Regional Monopoly
Grid
Gas
SolarWind
Nuclear
Grid
Power Generation
The Structure of Power Companies
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Pricing
Profit (3%)
Cost
• Overhead• Maintenance• Construction• Wages
MarketPricing
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• Feed in Tariff
• Independent Grid
• Market Mechanism
• Local Government Initiative
• Natural Energy Foundation (Mega Solar)
Issues for the Future
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Akita Prefecture
$1b/year
Electricity (nuclear)
Akita Prefecture
Local bank
Wind and Solar power
Renewable (Local)
Consumer“Akita komachi” rice
$800m/year
“Akita komachi” rice
$800m/year
Outside Akita Prefecture