GNF-J

In addition to fuel fabrication, GNF-J is also engaged in development of new fuel, reactor core and fuel safety analysis, nuclear reactor core management, and MOX fuel design and quality control... GNF-J is working on the development of new types of fuel that are safer and more energy-efficient and that allow flexibility in the operation of nuclear reactors... Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (JNF), the predecessor of Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd. (GNF-J), started operation here in Kurihama in 1970 as a nuclear fuel manufacturing joint venture among General Electric Company (US), Toshiba Corporation and Hitachi Limited. Since it began supplying the first domestically produced nuclear fuel in 1971, GNF-J, a pioneer nuclear fuel manufacturer, has delivered more than 70,000 fuel bundles to various nuclear power plants across the country and contributed to the stable supply of energy in Japan. On January 1, 2000, the sales, design and development operations were transferred from the..