Name	Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
Established	July 1972
Capital	¥1 billion
Shareholders	Westinghouse Electric Company 52% Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.24% The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.24%
Head Quarters	Toranomon 2-Chome Tower, 2-3-17 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0001, Japan Tel: 81-3-3501-6133
Facilities	Kumatori Works  Tokai Works
Business Network	Tokyo Sales & Marketing Dept  Osaka Sales & Marketing Dept  Kyushu Branch Office  Shikoku Branch Office  Hokkaido Branch Office  Tohoku Branch Office   Europe Office
Business Activities	Development, design, and production of nuclear fuel for light-water reactors (PWR/BWR) Core management services for light-water reactors (PWR/BWR) Development, design, and production of fuel for new HTR reactors and other research reactors Technological development related to the nuclear fuel cycle Design and manufacturing of nuclear fuel-related inspection equipment Sterilization and material processing services by electron beam irradiation
Subsidiary Companies	Nuclear Engineering, Ltd. Toho Engineering Co., Ltd.

Fuel Business

Light-water reactor fuel

・ Westinghouse Group (US, UK, Sweden etc.)

・Cooperation on PWR/BWR Fuel R&D

・ Areva NP (France, Germany, U.S.)

・Cooperation on PWR/BWR fuel development

・Information exchange concerning PWR/BWR fuel, fuel-related services, reactor core design, and reactor core management

・ Korea Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.

・General technology information exchange concerning PWR fuel, reactor core design, and reactor core management

・ ArevaNC (France)

・ Fabrication and transportation of MOX fuel

・ MELOX (France)

・ MOX fuel fabrication contract

・ Belgonucleaire (Belgium)

・ Technology transfer agreement concerning MOX fuel

・ Kazatomprom (Kazakhstan)

・ Reconversion service

High-temperature gas reactor fuel

・ TsinghuaUniversity (China)

・ General technology information exchange concerning high-temperature gas reactor fuel

Exchange of Safety-related Information

・ International Network for Safety Assurance of Fuel Cycle Industries (INSAF)

・ Safety information and opinion exchange among nuclear fuel suppliers in the world

Certification Acquired	Department
ISO 9001 Quality management system	PWR Fuel Division at Kumatori Works (1999)
	BWR Fuel Division at Tokai Works (1998)
	Electron Irradiation Service (2003) Upgrade from ISO 9002 (2000)
	Engineering Development Division (2003)
	Engineering Service Division (2003)
ISO14001 Environmental management system	Kumatori Works (1999)
	Tokai Works (2001)
OHSAS18001 Occupational health and safety management system	Tokai Works (2004)
OSHMS (JISHA method) Occupational health and safety management system	Kumatori Works (2004)
ISO 13485 Quality management system for medical equipment	Electron Irradiation Service (2004)

		History of NFI	Developments in the Nuclear Industry
1951			World’s first nuclear power generated (U.S.)
1955		Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. begins researching uranium dioxide powder	Enactment of Basic Atomic Energy Law
1956		The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. begins researching nuclear reactor fuel
1963			Japan’s first successful nuclear power generation demonstration at JPDR
1964		Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. builds research/production facilities at KumatoriResearchCenter
1965		The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. establishes fuel processing facility at TakeyamaResearchCenter
1966		Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. builds power/production facilities at KumatoriResearchCenter	The Japan Atomic Power Company begins operations at Japan’s first nuclear power generator, Tokai Power Station Unit 1
1970			The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. begins operations at Mihama Power Station Unit 1
1971			Tokyo Electric Power Company begins operations at Fukushima Power Station Unit 1
1972	7	Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. established
1974	12	Fuel delivered for Kansai Electric Power’s Mihama Power Station Unit 2 (first delivery of fuel for a PWR power company)	Implementation of the three laws for power development
1978	9	Fuel delivered for Tokyo Electric Power’s First Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 (first delivery of fuel for a BWR power company)
1979			Accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power station (U.S.)
1980	1	Operations begun at Tokai production facility
1985	8	Establishment of Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.
	12	Total PWR fuel delivered exceeds 1,000 units
1986	2	Total BWR fuel delivered exceeds 1,000 units	Accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station (U.S.S.R.)
1987	2	Kyushu Branch Office opened
1989	7	Engineering Cooperation Co., Ltd established	Tokyo Center of World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) established
1991	1	Total BWR fuel delivered exceeds 3,000 units	SG heat transfer tube at Kansai Electric Power’s Mihama Power Station Unit 2 damaged
	4	Engineering Precision Co., Ltd established
	6	Shikoku Branch Office opened
1992			Japan Nuclear Fuel, Ltd. established
1993	4	Tohoku Branch Office opened	Japan-Russia conference for dismantling of nuclear weapons held in Russia
1994	4	Total PWR fuel delivered exceeds 3,000 units	IAEA passes Nuclear Safety Convention
	9	Total BWR fuel delivered exceeds 5,000 units
1995			JAEA (Former PNC) Monju sodium leak accident
1997	7	European office opened
	9	First delivery of loading fuel for JAERI’s high-temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR)
	10	Total BWR fuel delivered exceeds 7,000 units
1998			JAEA’s (Former JAERI) high-temperature gas reactor (HTTR) reaches first critical state
1999	4	Electron Irradiation Service started	Criticality accident at JCO uranium fuel processing facility
	5	Hokkaido Branch Office opened
2000	6	Cooperation accord among nuclear operators for dealing with a nuclear disaster concluded among three processing companies	Nuclear Disaster Special Measures Law enacted Revised nuclear reactor law enacted
	10	Total PWR fuel delivered exceeds 5,000 units
2001	10	Total BWR fuel delivered exceeds 10,000 units	Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry establishes Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
2008	4	Engineering Cooporation Co., Ltd is merged back into Nuclear Fuel Industries,Ltd.
2009	5	Westinghouse Electric Company became the largest shareholder (52% stake) as a result of the share transfer
2011	3		The Great East Japan Earthquake Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
2012	9		Ministry of the Environment establishes the Nuclear Regulation Authority(NRA) and the Secretariat of the NRA
2013	4	Toho Engineering Co.,Ltd absorbes into Engineering Precision Co.,Ltd