JCO (company)

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Founded 1979

JCO was a Japanese nuclear fuel cycle company established in October 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. as Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. 日本核燃料コンバージョン (Nihon Kakunenryō Konbājon). As of 2000, stock capitalization was 1 billion USD.

Timeline

1979 JCO was founded

1980 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. conversion activities were handed over to JCO

1983 The second factory building at Tokaimura was completed

1998 The name was changed to just JCO

1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident

2003 Uranium conversion activities stopped completely

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JCO (company) Wikipedia

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