Kansai Electric leads nuclear metal reuse in construction project

Kansai Electric leads nuclear metal reuse in construction project

Kansai Electric Power Co. has announced it will use recycled metal from a decommissioned nuclear reactor as a construction material, a first in Japan. The metal will be processed into rebar for a new Emergency Response Centre at its Mihama Nuclear Business Headquarters. “Clearance metal” is material from decommissioned nuclear facilities with low radioactivity levels. National regulators approve its reuse, stating that their radioactivity levels…