TENEX-Japan Co.

TENEX-Japan Co. was registered in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2004.

All company shares belong to TENEX — one of the world’s major suppliers of nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) products. Through its parent company, TENEX-Japan belongs to the ROSATOM group, which includes over 300 companies and organizations.

Key Events

2004

  • TENEX-Japan Co. is officially established with the aim of promoting TENEX products on the Japanese market and providing Japanese customers with a convenient and efficient way of communication with TENEX.

2005

  • TENEX-Japan opens its office and starts business operations. The opening ceremony is held at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan.

2006

  • TENEX-Japan becomes a member of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF).
  • TENEX-Japan establishes relations with the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) Tokyo Centre.
  • TENEX-Japan begins to promote Russian isotope products on the Japanese market.

2007

  • TENEX-Japan becomes responsible for contract work with Japanese nuclear power companies with PWR-type reactors.

2008

  • The first contract for conversion and enrichment services is signed.
  • The first contract for the delivery of machines made by a Japanese manufacturer to Russia is successfully completed.

2009

  • TENEX-Japan participates in the preparation of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
  • The first long-term contract is concluded for the delivery of conversion and enrichment services.
  • A new business area is launched: consultation support for Rosatom’s entities in Russia working to improve production system efficiency.

2010

  • TENEX-Japan conducts a Japanese government–subsidized feasibility study of a new logistic route for the transport of nuclear materials from a port in the Russian Far East to Japan.

2011

  • The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011, has a significant effect on TENEX-Japan’s business.
  • TENEX-Japan provides communication support to Russian and Japanese technical experts so that they may start discussing the appropriate solutions to the issues at Fukushima Daiichi NPP soon after the accident.

2012

  • TENEX-Japan assists TENEX in the successful completion of the delivery of enriched uranium product at Port Vostochny and provides further assistance in arranging sea transportation to Japan.

2014

  • TENEX-Japan is appointed by FSUE RosRAO as their agent in Japan to provide support for the implementation of the “Verification of Technologies for Contaminated Water Management (Demonstration Project for Verification Tests of Tritium Separation Technologies) Project,” a subsidized project funded by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry with the aim of developing decommissioning and contaminated water management technologies for Fukushima Daiichi NPP.

2015

  • TENEX-Japan starts promoting Russian technologies and solutions in the back-end segment (decommissioning and decontamination, spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management) on the Japanese market.

2016

  • TENEX-Japan, together with TENEX, arranges technical tours to ROSATOM facilities for Japanese partners with the purpose of discussing future cooperation in the back-end field and the promotion of Russian decommissioning technologies.
  • TENEX-Japan makes a significant contribution to the preparation of the “Memorandum of Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy” signed on December 16, 2016, between ROSATOM on behalf of the Russian Federation, and METI and MEXT on behalf of Japan.

2017

  • TENEX-Japan participates in regular working group meetings between TENEX, ROSATOM, and Japanese companies regarding cooperation in the area of back-end solutions.
  • TENEX-Japan is appointed by FSUE RosRAO as their agent in Japan to provide support for the implementation of the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Project of Development of Fundamental Technologies for Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Small Neutron Detectors) )” funded by METI with the aim of developing decommissioning and contaminated water management technologies for Fukushima Daiichi NPP.

2018

  • TENEX-Japan resumes the deliveries of enriched uranium product under the contract with Japanese power utilities after a long period of suspension due to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP.
  • TENEX-Japan provides support to TENEX for the implementation of the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Grasping and Analyzing Properties of Fuel Debris (Estimation of Aging Properties of Fuel Debris) funded by METI with the aim of developing decommissioning and contaminated water management technologies for Fukushima Daiichi NPP.
  • TENEX-Japan, together with TENEX, arranges and implements a technical tour to ROSATOM facilities as part of the cross-year events calendar (Year of Japan in Russia and Year of Russia in Japan) in order to demonstrate Russian technologies and solutions in the back-end segment to Japanese private companies and governmental organizations.
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