Nuclear Industrial Directory of Japan
Tokyo Head Office: THE LINKPILLAR 2, 2-22-1, Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8688, Japan
Kobe Head Office: 2-4, Wakinohama-kaigandori 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-8585, Japan
KOBELCO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), founded in 1905, is a diversified company operating in the fields of Materials, Welding, Machinery, Engineering, and Electric Power. As the world pursues a stable and sustainable energy transition, nuclear energy continues to play an important role in providing reliable, low-carbon electricity. KOBELCO contributes to the nuclear back-end sector industry through engineering, manufacturing, and technology solutions for radioactive waste management, decommissioning, and the safe disposal of nuclear waste.
Kobe Steel became the first in Japan to manufacture zirconium alloy fuel channels for BWR fuel assemblies in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, we have delivered a wide range of proven facilities and systems for radioactive waste treatment. Our solutions include remote handling technologies as well as processing, storage, and treatment systems that ensure the safe and reliable management of gaseous, liquid, and solid radioactive waste. Although Kobe Steel has withdrawn from the cask business, we have manufactured and delivered more than 280 casks to customers in Japan and overseas. The safety design and analysis technologies developed through these achievements continue to be applied to a wide range of products and engineering solutions in the nuclear back-end sector.
Interim Storage Facility, Cask Maintenance Facility, Radioactive Waste Treatment/Handling/Storage/Disposal Facilities
LLW and HLW Disposal Containers, developed using proven cask design and analyzing technologies
High-Concentration Radioactive Waste Processing, Metal recycling and Volume Reduction technologies
Kobe Steel, has also accomplished mass-production of Fuel Channels for BWR fuel assemblies as the first Japanese supplier in the early 1970’s with delivery record of over 50,000 Fuel Channels worldwide.
Technology for production of Boron 10, which is highly enriched boron (more than 96%), was also developed for the first time in Japan by joint development with Stella Chemifa (Japan) and has delivered enriched boric acid for primary coolant of reactors worldwide.
